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Yet another lesson from Vietnam that the Army forgot.

As a student in the DC area, I am fortunate to have tons of great resources for military history reserach nearby. I have not ventured into the National Archieves at College Park, but it's definitely...

Thanks for the material. I especially enjoyed this line: "Tanks are a morale booster to the infantry and a morale devastator to the enemy.”

My advisor will be quite pleased that I have some...

I didn't know the Danes deployed their Leopoards to Afghanistan. Sounds like a good topic to look into. Thanks!

I am still in the early phases of my research. I haven’t found any standards metrics on main battle tank (MBT) performance thus far. If anyone knows of any, please let me know.

That said, I...

Yeah, from what I understand, the Challenger 2 performed quite impressively in southern Iraq.

Outside of Iraq, I also heard the Canadian Leopard tanks performed well in Afghanistan.

Thanks for the help. I am getting a lot of good data about the Abrams in Iraq, and it’s mostly been positive. The links everybody has provided have been extremely helpful.

As I make my way...

Good stuff! Thanks!

I am currently researching the combat performance of the M1 Abrams against Iraqi insurgents during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The research is part of my honors research project in military history at...