March 2003 Al KUT, Iraq
Recon 1 “Tank 1,000 meters”
Recon 7 (me) “what is it”
Recon 1 “I don’t know”
Recon 7 “so you can’t see it”
Recon 1 “ I see it I don’t know what it is”
Recon 7 “ moving up on your north side about 100 meters”
Recon 7 “that’s a T34 looks knocked out”
True story!
We use the bore evacuator among other things to ID different tank varieties.
Recon 1 was a young guy and the T34 was no longer in his flash cards.
Brad’s rules of combat
Rule #17 Tanks are dangerous they can kill you in many ways, stay away from them and stay out of sight of them and run from them if exposed.
Ground troops always multiply the number of tanks they see be a factor of 10.
To add to rule #17, tanks are made to kill, they don't care who they kill. Be careful around tanks. (nothing quite like closing a 450lb grill door on your toes...and yes it closed)