Re: [MV] M113s in Iraq

From: Bill & Bonnie Prestin (bprestin@chartermi.net)
Date: Sat Mar 29 2003 - 12:16:10 PST


I saw something on the news about all coalition armored vehicles having
those louvered things put on the sides so they could be identified easily
and not destroyed accidentally by friendly fire.

Bill

----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Greville" <dgrev@ruralnet.net.au>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 6:28 PM
Subject: [MV] M113s in Iraq

> 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?
>
> 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......
>
> Regards
> Doug
>
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