Battle of 73 Easting by me109glen

Vue • Military • posted on Dec 09, 2008

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The Battle of 73 Easting was a decisive tank battle fought on 26 February 1991, during the Gulf War, between United States and British armoured forces against those of the Iraqi Republican Guard. The battle took place about 50 miles (80 km) east of, and several hours after the Battle of Al Busayyah. It was named for a UTM north-south coordinate line (an "Easting", measured in kilometers and readable on GPS receivers) in the featureless desert that was used as a phase line to measure progress of the offensive.

Comments (18)

wingnut55

4:41PM | Tue, 09 December 2008

outstanding and dramatic work.

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GaryMiller

5:00PM | Tue, 09 December 2008

AWESOME WORK. WOW.

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jgkane

5:01PM | Tue, 09 December 2008

Nice, action packed POV, my friend. An Abrahams tank in the foreground, and a Bradley IFV in the rear, and the PBI, without whom ground won would just be lost again, in the front? There is a watercolour feeling to the sand thrown up, or is this postwork? Whatever it is, the effect is very nice. Warm regards, from an icy Glasgow, Scotland, John.

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