The Merkava 4 MBT

loktarr · #1 July 19th, 2005, 06:47 PM

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Each soldier lay prone at the tank's corners, behind sandbags. The TC and Loader were on their MGs, the gunner used the coax in a limited front field of attack.

I didn't understand, could the turret move or not?

kevin · #2 July 20th, 2005, 02:05 AM

Yes the turret could move, but they limited the movement to a 20-30 degree angle or so. It was a neat trick, I was suprised to see it done. As far as I knew, the Army had not been practicing that sort of thing. Then again, it's not too hard to grab some sandbags and hang-on.

I wonder if this was done in response to the heavy helo casualties the US took when they 1st entered the Karbala Gap? An air assault landing was out of the question to they found other ways to make the 101st mobile?

Shadowcougar · #3 July 20th, 2005, 03:40 AM

Well the tanks needed inf support. The 101 has a lot of inf.