There are no official tank losses reported from the 2006 clashes but one can only speculate that it was enough to get IDF to turn back home. I have here a movie that speaks a bit about the 2006 conflict. As back in 1982 conflict no official records about lost Merkava tanks are to be found as Israelis has kept this secret, as the mighty Merkava has been a great deterrent on the modern battlefield.
I noticed new things with WIN SPMBT that defends the RPG-7 theory of still being effective as a anti-tank weapon. There is of course not many official sources for the RPG-7 development but I have a Soldiers of Fortune magazine from 2000 or 2001 that explains this development is southeast asia in particular.
I will try to scan the pages and upload it for your display.
The 125mm gun that is used on the T-72s is due to ballistic reports capable to penetrate all our armoured vehicles and main battle tanks with the right round issued. A lot of 125mm equipped tanks fielded by today’s armies in the game still use steelhead propellant ammunition in the game. This is not true on the modern battlefield today.
The 125mm gun used by countries not under the embargo that Iraq was under for 15 years did a lot to re-armament as clearly the old ammunition was amongst the smallest adjustments you could do to make even a basic T-72A deadly in ambushes.
North Korea got one of the worlds best ATGMs and is competing with several European systems such as the Eurospike and the French MILAN that failed to penetrate Russian T-72s in the Chechen conflict a few years back. The MILAN was also drawn back by several nations after this had been made public and as such above questions is hard to handle over solid facts and documents and sources from otherwise restricted areas of the arms trade. No one wants to loose his or her face. The public may easily panic.
To quote former Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld:
"As you know, you go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time."
The Georgian crisis I think reflects the most worrying development up to this date, the Russians effectively smashed a NATO and US trained and backed army within a matter of days. The Georgians had about the same equipment as the Russian border forces that went in from South Ossetia so this with training is I think history by now.
The 1991 Gulf War was won because there was so much new technology involved that it completely crushed the battle harden Iraqi soldiers it encountered. Though the best forces was still found in close proximity of Baghdad and only special units of the Republican Guard saw any real battle with the US forces head to head. The most vicious battle in that war took place a few days after that Bush Senior had declared that the war was over and aggression defeated.
I will try to dig up some stuff for you guys if it will change anything is not my department but it might get all up to date for what has happened after the 1991 Gulf War at least.
Video about the 2006 war
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7s5l...eature=related
Re: Long lost tactical manual
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