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| Iraq |
| British Advance on Basra |
| 2003-04-07 |
| Brilliant piece describing the taking of Basra. It's too good to edit, here's a teaser! Lieutenant William Colquhoun had unpacked his bagpipes and sat on the turret of his Warrior waiting for the order to advance. As he began to play, the sound of Scotland the Brave drifted across the bridge towards the city, competing with the clatter of rotor blades as four Cobra helicopters raced in to join the attack. In the headquarters of the 7th Armoured Brigade, Brigadier Graham Binns realised it was time to commit everything he had to the battle. |
| Posted by:becky |
| #3 By the looks of the terrain in the photo, perhaps the mines had been covered with sand that blew away. |
| Posted by: Tom 2003-04-07 14:20:06 |
| #2 This is probably a comment on the usual Iraqi mine deployment technique; just dump the AT mines on top of the road and hope the enemy is too stupid to notice the mines are there. |
| Posted by: Hiryu 2003-04-07 09:37:37 |
| #1 Very good article! I do find this line puzzling, though: Tanks used their chain guns to blast more mines out of the way. Wonder if this was a daisy chain on top of the road surface? Can you shoot up AT mines, or would this imply they were AP mines? |
| Posted by: Dar Steckelberg 2003-04-07 09:26:35 |