Talk:M1 Abrams

I'm confused. Recent news reports on American television made much of the fact that during a battle near Nasariyah, I beleive, the first M1A1 ever was taken out by enemy fire. Two were lost with no casualties. This article claims 18 were lost in the last Gulf War. Which is it? Rmhermen 05:38 Apr 5, 2003 (UTC)

Rmhermen, I don't know the exact details, but there were considered to be zero combat losses of the M1 caused by hostile fire in the last war. There were 9 tanks destroyed, 9 tanks damaged but later repaired. I believe the causes of all those losses were either land mines or friendly fire. In the current war, there have definitely been some M1 loses due to hostile fire. Here [1] (http://www.boston.com/dailynews/090/world/Four_Marines_confirmed_killed_:.shtml) was a "golden bullet" that took out a tank, but the Kornet [2] (http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/2003/03/27032003132425.asp) seems to be the main cause of losses. I haven't heard of losing any M-1s to T-72s yet. -º¡º