1000 Iraqi vehicals headed south from Baghdad

[HeXp£Øi±]

to meet US forces. Even in this weather and without US air support this is a foolish move. We'll route them out in the open.

 

[PostCode]

I laughed pretty good at this one. Apparently these guys have never encountered an A-10 before.

 

[PT]

I think they're playing right into our hands. We announce we're holding off, and wow, we get them out of the city.

 

[HeXp£Øi±]

I thought the weather was to poor for air support today? Don't know though as i haven't seen much news.

 

[PostCode]

The sandstorm that hit em' yesterday has pretty much run it's course. The air support is coming back in now. This time, however, it's in support of the troops mainly, instead of the cities.


Only one purpose in life for the A-10 though....and they love columns.

 

[unclehobart]

Perhaps they recast the tank turrets into mini mosques so that they cant be targeted.

 

[PT]

The sandstorms didn't do alot to stop us.

The attacks suggested the location of Iraqi strongholds in the area, and the U.S. troops used thermal-imaging equipment to kill a large number of Iraqis as the sandstorm raged, an official said.

Source http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,82191,00.html

 

[HeXp£Øi±]

Time for those massive bombs that drop thousands of bomblets over an area the size of a couple football fields. Can't remember what they're called.

 

[Gonz]

We've already taken out many from these columns. And what about the entire mech division, just west of their area?

 

[HeXp£Øi±]

Clusterbombs, that's what they're called.

 

[PostCode]

Thermal sighting on a M1 is awesome. You can read the ingredients on a can of coke sitting on top of a turret 200 meters away. The problem with it is heat. You have got to run the thermal imaging cool or it'll just stop working. This has nothing to do with the outside temperature, rather, the inside temperature. Right now it shouldn't be that big of a deal, but once that tank reaches temps of around 90 on the inside, it'll start failing unless you can cool it down.

Most tankers prefer the thermal to the the daylight simply because the targets are easier to find. Look at a picture of an M1. On the top you'll see a small box right in front of the commanders hatch. That's the dog house. The two flaps in front close. One side is the thermal scope, the other is the daylight scope. You'll probably see them with both doors open though. A good indication the gunner is using thermal.

 

[AlladinSane]

I think they're probably trying a daring gamble since those armored vehicles wouldn't be of much use for them on urban warfare...