Smoke Dischargers, And Fragmentation Grenades Fired From These

[Suhiir]

Originally Posted by Imp

Off topic here but didn't 73 Easting & in fact the whole war show the effectiveness of the Cavalry Formation (as in Bradley) in open terrain. Not tanks in particular
Got your eyes & close defence from the men on the ground & the right terrain for ATGMs.

Pretty sure Bradleys were responsible for a lot more kills than the Abrams in that war.

The Bradley did quite well.
I recall reading an interview with one of the Bradley platoon commanders and a couple things of interest came up.
1) Since the Iraqi tanks had manual traverse turrets the Bradley's were able to duck and dodge.
2) Suppression by the 25mm was pretty effective, probably more then WinSPMBT allows since troop quality on the Iraqi side was pretty low (for the most part).
3) As you mentioned the terrain REALLY favored the TOW, AND the Iraqi's had no missile suppression equipment on their tanks, AND since many of the battles were in poor visibility the Iraqi's were unable to see the Bradleys to fire at them thus disrupting their aim.

As to the Bradleys getting more kills then the Abrams ... no idea.