Ep. 1: H.R. McMaster on the Gulf War
School of War
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The Importance of Depth in Defense
A lack of weapons systems, probably pre combat checks for the tanks, and poor enemy fighting training were key. The Iraqi brigade commander had been educated at Fort Benning, Georgia when he went to the infantry officers' course there. He emplaced minefields on the backside of the ridge so the mines would disrupt our forward events, maybe get us to stop. They didn't disperse his forces enough. If you can imagine nine M1 tanks, M1A1 tanks firing around every three seconds and not missing, it doesn't take a lot of time to destroy a formation. Two tanks engaged my tank as I came over the rise right after I destroyed the first tank of the three that
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