Re: [MV] M113s in Iraq

From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Thu Mar 27 2003 - 17:58:11 PST


At 9:58 AM +1030 3/28/03, Douglas Greville wrote:
>In the war footage I can see on the LHS of the M113s
>(they seem to be A2 version) what looks like louvres.
>Is this a retrofit NBC pack?

Its an Infrared Recognition device I think.

>
>Also, I saw a report stating that some Iraqi tanks were knocked out.
>But the vehicle shown was unmistakably an Amtrak (AAV-7), seems like
>the reporters still have a lot to learn about AFV recognition.
>This vehicle was a catastrophic......

The AAV-7 was hit by an RPG-7 if I'm not mistaken.

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