• ubergeek@lemmy.today
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      14 hours ago

      Ah, got ya. Even then, most of that was done by aircraft sorties, though, and not much tank action. The US didn’t enter Iraq very far in the first Gulf War.

      • absentbird@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        12 hours ago

        True. Though in what tank vs tank combat there was, the advantages of modern armor were stark.

        • ubergeek@lemmy.today
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          12 hours ago

          I mean, I suppose so… But it certainly showed that in order to face off with a superior force, you need to not be a shite leader too. Capitulation won that conflict, by and large.