Desert Storm Pictures: What Use is a Tethered Tank?

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A very dead Iraqi tank. For some reason Saddam thought burying his tanks in various locations would serve him well. Sure, if you had thousands that could act as sentries and be mobile too. As they were, they made great targets. They "glowed" to heat sensors and couldn't move when the munitions started dropping on them.

Kuwait March 1991.

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What is left of a Kuwaiti radio tower. It seemed anything of value was destroyed or stolen from this tiny country.

March 1991

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Cpl Villegas. Great guy, funny, smart. He got out of the Corps within a year of the war, married a beautiful woman, and settled down in Charlotte. I missed the ceremony by a matter of hours but did get to see the video (instant replay) at the after the reception get together.

In the background are 10K and 4K fork lifts and even a duece and a half (2.5 ton truck)

ASP #3 (Al Mishab) April or May 1991.

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After all the trucks were unloaded of their unserviceable ammo, line charges were laced across. Line charges were used to open up breaches in the Iraqi front lines. Launched like a rope tied to an arrow, these explosives laid out a snake of destruction. When ignited it took out any obstruction, soldier, or land mine around, opening a safe passage for tanks, trucks, and artillery.

Here the line charges were a simple and effective wick...

The vehicle in the background is one of the trucks from Germany. Great vehicles; too bad the instructions were all written in incomprehensible German...

ASP #3 (Al Mishab) April 1991.

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After the line charges were ignited you could feel the concussion of all that ammo exploding at once. This shot was from 3 miles away. Even 8 miles away the charges would rattle the roofing tiles of the chow hall. One particular explosion hit right at dinner time and we watched the tall roof flutter up and down like a mini tornado had come through the area.

ASP #3 (Al Mishab) April 1991.

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