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Greatest Tank Battles
14 years ago
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I've heard that the Military Channel's documentary series Greatest Tank Battles is beginning a second season.
This is an outline of the new episodes;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greate.....es%29#Season_2
While I'm excited to see that the series FINALLY documents the tank battles of the First World War, the Korean War, and the Six Day War, the rest of the season seems to follow the same tired old theme --- World War 2.
There are many tank battles that *I* want to see on Greatest Tank Battles. Here's a wish list;
- Battle of Cuito Cuanavale, 1984, 2nd Bush War
- Battle of Arman, April 24th 1994, Yemeni Civil War
- Battle of Chawinda, 1965, Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
- Battle of Phillora, 1965, Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
- Liberation of Kuwait, 1991, Persian Gulf War
- Battle of Wadi Al-Batin, 1991, Persian Gulf War
- Phase Line Bullet, 1991, Persian Gulf War
- Battle of Tskhinvali, 2008, South Ossetia War
- Battle of Grozny, 1994-95, First Chechen War
- Battle of Wireless Ridge, 1982, Falklands War
- Battle of Jijiga, 1977, Ogaden War
- Iran-Iraq War tank battles
- Spanish Civil War tank battles
- Chaco War tank battles
- Yugoslav Civil War tank battles
- Libyan Civil War tank battles
Contrary to what Greatest Tank Battles would have you believe, most of history's tank battles were not fought in World War 2 --- nor did most of them involve US, British, or German forces.
And furthermore, some of the most amazing tank battles involved armor on only ONE side of the fight, like those fought by the US Army and USMC in Vietnam;
http://www.oocities.org/futuretanks.....operations.htm
http://www.oocities.org/futuretanks.....hillesheel.htm
http://www.rbracing-rsr.com/downloa.....orBattle67.pdf
This is an outline of the new episodes;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greate.....es%29#Season_2
While I'm excited to see that the series FINALLY documents the tank battles of the First World War, the Korean War, and the Six Day War, the rest of the season seems to follow the same tired old theme --- World War 2.
There are many tank battles that *I* want to see on Greatest Tank Battles. Here's a wish list;
- Battle of Cuito Cuanavale, 1984, 2nd Bush War
- Battle of Arman, April 24th 1994, Yemeni Civil War
- Battle of Chawinda, 1965, Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
- Battle of Phillora, 1965, Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
- Liberation of Kuwait, 1991, Persian Gulf War
- Battle of Wadi Al-Batin, 1991, Persian Gulf War
- Phase Line Bullet, 1991, Persian Gulf War
- Battle of Tskhinvali, 2008, South Ossetia War
- Battle of Grozny, 1994-95, First Chechen War
- Battle of Wireless Ridge, 1982, Falklands War
- Battle of Jijiga, 1977, Ogaden War
- Iran-Iraq War tank battles
- Spanish Civil War tank battles
- Chaco War tank battles
- Yugoslav Civil War tank battles
- Libyan Civil War tank battles
Contrary to what Greatest Tank Battles would have you believe, most of history's tank battles were not fought in World War 2 --- nor did most of them involve US, British, or German forces.
And furthermore, some of the most amazing tank battles involved armor on only ONE side of the fight, like those fought by the US Army and USMC in Vietnam;
http://www.oocities.org/futuretanks.....operations.htm
http://www.oocities.org/futuretanks.....hillesheel.htm
http://www.rbracing-rsr.com/downloa.....orBattle67.pdf
The Asad Babil is scheduled to be in a future episode of Failed Tanks...
The Scimitars/Scorpions however were decisive in putting down heavy fire support with ther RARDEN cannon that ensured the rather well trained Argentine defenders kept their heads down and lost their built positions (together with the Javellin ATM (the battlefield was strewn with command wires) were ideal in 'bunker' busting, or sangar busting).
They were used because of 2 Para's rather knife-edge battle earlier in the campaign when they haden't the support needed...their new OC swore never again will his lads go in without the big sticks in support... and he kept his word.
In fact, we didn't bring as much armour as we also felt armour had no place in the Dartmoor-esque terrain, but the unique small, light design prooved many pundits and planners wrong, and could have ultimately shortened the conflict.
I hope FRESS - their replacement - can fill its tracks of rep.!
The para's to this day are grateful to their light armourd freinds in black berets c:
well... some of the time, as they'd tell me ;)
http://media.photobucket.com/image/.....ML90inbits.jpg
The tractorwith the pucara rocket pod mounted on the roof might have had a better chance...
http://www.rbracing-rsr.com/downloa.....orBattle67.pdf