Battle of 73 Easting/Norfolk

The Battle of 73 Easting was a decisive tank battle fought on 26 February 1991, during the Gulf War, between the US VII Corps and the Iraqi Republican Guard. The battle took place about 50 miles (80 km) east of, and several hours after the Battle of Al Busayyah. It was named for a UTM north-south coordinate line (an "Easting", measured in kilometers and readable on GPS receivers) in the featureless desert that was used as a phase line to measure progress of the offensive.

The main U.S. unit in the battle was the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment (2nd ACR), mainly a reconnaissance element of VII Corps. The corps's vanguard also included the American 3rd Armored Division (3rd AD) and 1st Infantry Division (1st ID), and the British 1st Armoured Division (1 AD).

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[hispdprsuit034]

3/2ND ACR Lightning Troop!!!! Always Ready!!!!

[NEPADad]

Certainly, the M1's and Bradley IFV's can move at a fast clip but when you consider their field trains consisting of M35-A2's, HMMWV's, HEMMTS, M88's and 5-Tons have to keep within a reasonable distance to provide support, 170 miles in 89 hours is actually a good clip.

[gopconservative78]

Blitzkrieg.....all you needed was the French to surrender, oh wait that DID happen

[wired2myguitar]

Rest in peace McCoy "SUFFA"

[wired2myguitar]

Tojours Pret and Suffa, I guess all that Graff dust we ate paid off. Thank god we replaced the M60 and M113. but there is no replacement for the best trained armor unit in the army. 3/2 ACR Killer Troop 19D K10 for those of you in the know.

[Rob3rdacr]

"Owned", would be an understatement.

[gopconservative78]

Then the French raced to Baghdad to surrender to Saddam's forces

[deadmau5err]

@hispdprsuit034 ai ee ya

[vietscouty]

@killerlarryusmc : Wow! What a small world. I wouldn't doubt that he made his star so easily since I had talked to those who served with him when I arrived to Ft. Carson in 06. I hear nothing but good stories about the man.

[deepstrike1991]

@screenwriter44 - 4/7 CAV, we had your back, A/40th MLRS 'Deep Strike!' 3AD-DIVARTY, we weren't going to let anyone compare you guys to Custer if it killed every last one of us.... By the way, we rolled with 4/8 CAV leading 2nd BDE, till 3rd BDE passed through and we joined in with you guys to stay up front. Spearhead Steel!

[anisocoro]

we must recognize that American armoured-fighting tactics developed in order to fight against huge soviet cavalry charges were very good, as  this battle was the first real battle against an enemy trained and equipped as well as Soviet/East German armoured units.

[stalkingalizee]

Its like the British were not even there. lol