Battle of 73 Easting: The Gulf War Tank Battle In A Sandstorm | Greatest Tank Battles | War Stories

Friend of mine was a royal marine mortar man. He told me of a time he had to keep putting mortars down for 2/3 days solid barely getting any sleep as they had no air cover due to the storm. When it cleared he found hundreds of dead Iraqis that he and his team wiped out. I remember him saying he had a personal congratulations from an American General. He said they had 2 week rest at an American base and couldn’t believe the food and drink they had there. Pizza Hut and Burger King in the middle of the desert. Still looked really skinny when he got home tho. Thanks to all our troops who served 🇬🇧🇺🇸

My squadron was in this battle 73 Easting. I was the unit armorer for HWB 2/2 ACR and our battery was supporting these troops with artillery support during this battle. I am so proud to serve this squadron during this battle. Bamberg, Germany. Our Gunny was SFC McNally, Supply Sergeant was SSG Lynch, Commo NCO was SGT Thompson, SFC Miller was the Motor Sergeant, SSG Burns was his asst, LTC Kobe was our Squadron Commander, and who can’t forget SSG Mourad my good friend. I finally retired in 2006 with the rank of Sergeant First Class, (SFC). These were the greatest years of my entire life supporting and fighting for this great country of ours!

This guy: We knew the Republic Guard was strong. We respected them. Eagle Troop: So basically, we used their corpses to gain better traction on the sand.

When History Channel actually talked about history instead of idiotic stuff about aliens and bigfoot

I was 22 when I was over there. I'm 52 now.........thirty years whent in a flash.

Ahh when history channel was actually enjoyable

My uncle served in Dessert storm .. Thank you to all who served .

I watched these vids as a kid, I’m a soldier now and this gives me goosebumps -I can imagine the anxiety of these battles must’ve been insane for these guys

I like when the guy in the Bradley is like “we don’t fight tanks”

With thermal sights one is never "blind" . Bradley gunner during Desert Storm, I served with C 3/15 Inf. 24th ID.

The only thing I dislike about the documentary is how the animations depict the tanks engaging at such close range

They forgot to mention KFFs. Killed by Friendly Fire. My buddy was in an M2 that took a direct hit from an M1A1. He had a massive scar where he was hit by shrapnel, 4 guys dead, others wounded.

Andy Kilgore was my battalion executive officer in 2003 when I was in 3/8 Cav, 1st Cavalry Division. He had a combat patch I assumed was from Desert Storm, but I had no idea about the degree to which he was involved. Literally the last great tank battle of the 20th century. Thank you , and God bless you sir.

I knew a nurse who worked at the VA hospital in Chicago at that time. We're talking on the phone just before this war started, she said they had 10,000 beds ready for casualties. I told her that was a waste of time. Reason being to US military had spent the last 10+ years training in the desert to fight a Soviet style army. What are they facing? A Soviet Style army in a desert. This is going to be more like a live fire exercise than a real war.

Clearly a dedicated if totally outgunned and outmanoeuvred enemy but these U.S. Forces still speak highly of them. They describe the situations and the way they executed their attacks but they still pay tribute to their enemy and their tenacity. Their professionalism, skill and equipment won the war but the way they speak shows their honour and human side.

I love that Bradley commander. I think every scout can honestly relate.

That was the biggest field training ever for the US forces.

I remember the attack back then. The one thing that infuriates me even to this day is the inability of higher command to seize the imitative and move at lightning speed to overwhelm Iraqi forces much sooner than was done. The whole purpose of coalition strategy was move fast before the enemy could react, and they squandered it. Thankfully, our forces were so technically superior it didn't matter, but it could have been much more bloody than it was. We might not be as lucky next time.

I was assigned to 2nd Sqdn 2nd ACR in Bamberg Germany from August 1984 to Mar 1986. It gives me immense pride and pleasure to see that my old unit was as dangerous as we all knew it was.

YouTube- How many times do you want to watch this? Me- Yes