"An army equipped with vintage M-48 tanks ......"

[shahadi]

Unfortunately, the Iraqi RG units did not follow the example of the Egyptians in the '73 war at the Chinese Farm where Egyptian tank hunter/killer teams ambushed Israeli tanks with a devastating swarm of Sagger anti-tank missiles, Israel had just suffered its' worst defeat at the hands of the Arabs. History may show that the Tawakalna Mechanized Division of the RGFC should not have stood and fought straight up, but instead used the example of the Egyptians at the Chinese Farm.

What I've been able to read is that the RPFC units did not properly prepare for the Coalition attack as they had in the war with Iran. Maybe because their commanders did not fully appreciate maneuver warfare, with it's speed, depth, and audacity, they did not bury their tanks up to the turrents, lay sufficient mines and barb wire as an example.
source: http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/ar...p/t-13712.html.

So, it is true an Army with M48's would have mopped up the Iraqi units. But an Iraqi force deployed in proper defensive positions with hunter/killer teams of ATGMs may have put a very big bite in the 2d ACR.