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From: denbeste@spdcc.com (Steven Den Beste)
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Subject: Tank survival
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Date: 28 Feb 91 05:03:20 GMT
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From: denbeste@spdcc.com (Steven Den Beste)

Well, real numbers are beginning to emerge in the news reports, and it is
looking more and more like a Russian tank is merely a coffin on tracks.

There were those two A-10 pilots who flew three sorties each on Monday (2/24)
and got a combined total of 23 kills using A-to-S missiles. (That's damned
good shooting considering that they only carried 24 missiles total.)

Meanwhile, they're not announcing ANY losses on our side except a few foot
soldiers killed in a mine field (and those poor bastards killd by
the SCUD). I suppose I understand that - no point in telling the Iraqis how
much of OUR stuff THEY'VE killed, but it leaves me curious:

I simply don't believe that we haven't lost a single tank or APC. (I would not
be surprised to hear that the losses are extremely one sided since we do
have air supremacy and the A-10's are performing better than anyone could
have hoped - even their designers!)

Any conjecture as to how many tanks and/or APC's we might have lost?