Marine Corps Tank Battles in the Middle East
pdf, epub, azw3, mobi | 14.11 MB | English | Author :Oscar E. Gilbert | 9781612002682 | 2015 | Casemate

Book Description :

In the aftermath of Vietnam a new generation of Marines was determined to wage a smarter kind of war. The tank, the very symbol of power and violence, would play a key role in a new concept of mobile warfare, not seen since the dashes of World War II. The emphasis would be not on brutal battles of attrition, but on paralyzing the enemy by rapid maneuver and overwhelming but judicious use of firepower. Yet in two wars with Iraq, the tankers, as well as the cre of the new Light Armored Vehicles, quickly found themselves in a familiar role-battering through some of the strongest defenses in the world by frontal assault, fighting their way through towns and cities.

Category : | Conventional Weapons & Warfare History, Iraq War History, History of Iraq