Talk:History of the M1 Abrams

Move
I would endorse moving this page to Combat history of the M1 Abrams and moving information from M1 Abrams#Combat history to hereusername 1 (talk) 21:26, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Iraq War
the article which is sourced clearly means that the 80 tanks hit by enemy tanks were sent back to the states for repair, I changed it to say something to the lines of that —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.21.69.238 (talk) 17:02, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

I found two sentences that contradict each other. In the Gulf War Section, 2nd paragraph there is this sentence. "Only 23 M1A1s were taken out of service in the Gulf[2] and one of these losses resulted in crew deaths from Iraqi fire. Some others took minor combat damage, with little effect on their operational readiness. Very few Abrams tanks were hit by enemy fire, and there was only one fatality, along with a handful of woundings as a result."

Then goto the Iraq War Section paragraph 2 and there is this sentence. "However, on October 29, 2003, two soldiers were killed and a third wounded when their tank was disabled by an anti-tank mine, which was combined with other explosives (500 kg (1,100 lb), including several 155 mm rounds) to increase its effect. The massive explosion beneath the tank knocked off the turret. This marked the first time deaths resulted from a hostile-fire assault on the M1 tank from enemy forces."

They contradict each other. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.45.94.118 (talk) 00:09, 22 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Gulf War is 1990, Iraq War is 2003. ( Hohum  @ ) 00:25, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

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