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Desert Storm Land Power The Coalition and Iraqi Armies

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing (UK)
Year
1991
ISBN
9781855321779, 1855321777
Open Library ID
OL8992763M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16257188 bytes)
Series
General Military 002
Pages
66\66
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

Tim Ripley weighs up the armies that confronted each other across the Saudi border in Kuwait and in the deserts of southern Iraq. He reveals the considerable strengths and weaknesses which characterized each side. The Iraqis, for example, had an advantage in long-range artillery. Weapon systems, tanks, training, small arms, Special Forces, attack helicopters, Scud missiles, defended positions, spy satellites, ammunition types, combat engineering, the threat of chemical and biological warfare , and many other factors which helped determine the course of the conflict are examined in detail.

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