February 1991, the Gulf War. Republican Guard units defend the flank of the Iraqi army occupying Kuwait. The Battle of 73 Easting was named after a north-south coordinate line (an "Easting", measured ...

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British tank brigades rolled over a poster of Saddam Hussein. Earlier in the day, those forces destroyed 14 Iraqi tanks along with four personnel carriers, preventing troops loyal to Saddam from ...

BAGHDAD (AP) – U.S. officials say they’ve delivered the last of 140 tanks to the Iraqi army _ a key sale in the American military’s small but ongoing training program in Baghdad. The M1A1 Abrams tanks ...

WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The United States plans to deliver 1,000 anti-tank weapons to Iraq in June to combat Islamic State suicide bombings like those that helped the group seize Ramadi, a ...

The Gulf War would solidify the M1A1 Abrams’ legacy as one of the most iconic and effective armored vehicles in modern military history. By the time of Operation Desert Storm, the U.S. Army and Marine ...

Tank explosion resulted in the death of a 23-year-old Iraq War veteran. Sept 12, 2011 — -- An Iraq war veteran planning a diving expedition with two friends in Florida was killed Sunday morning ...