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From: Tony_Buckland@mtsg.ubc.ca
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Miscellaneous
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Date: 11 Apr 91 21:07:40 GMT
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From: Tony_Buckland@mtsg.ubc.ca


Several small items on different subjects:

1)  How effective were the Patriots?  By keeping Israel out of the war,
they probably saved the integrity of the Coalition, and thereby changed
the course of history.  They were The Few (see Battle of Britain) of
this war.

2)  How effective were the Stealth fighters?  If other planes were not
subjected to effective AA, was this not because the Stealths and
cruises got in first and dealt a suppressing blow to Iraqi AA from
which it never recovered?

3)  Horizontal and vertical range of artillery: I know the ocean slopes
only locally, but ground targets can be very uphill; what are the most
effective angles for hitting people who grabbed the high ground before
you did (and can heavy artillery, naval or land, elevate to those
angles)?  Also, what about the need to hit some targets in mortar mode,
from almost vertically?

4)  A civilian observer like me can be surprised at the amount of stuff
attached to the outside of tanks.  I guess some of it is reactive
armor.  What are the tubes that look like truncated mortars for?  Do
tankers, like infantrymen, tend to work on the principle of taking
anything along that could be useful, if it can be carried, and if so do
they just tie it on outside?

	[If those replying could answer the questions separately
	 and attach eaningful subjects on their replies I'm sure the
	 readership would be grateful.  --CDR]