#Gulfwar30

Robbie McGuire

RM_Mili_History

Found some interesting pictures from Operation Granby/Desert Storm. Showing Sterlings and SLR's still on active duty! Amazing to see them still in theatre during a time when the SA80 was

John Ismay

johnismay

2/13/1991: Alpha Battery, 21st FA fires the first M26 MLRS rockets ever used in combat. The US Army says "the system performed extremely well," but that is only true if

Seb H

sebh1981

#Onthisday1991 #gulfwar30 Today thirty years ago we had completed a swept lane transit through the minefield, followed by Wisconsin, Princeton, Tripoli and Jarrett as seen in this picture.At about 0450

John Ismay

johnismay

1/30/1991: first combat use of another failure-prone weapon system - FASCAM mines #gulfwar30 #desertstorm30 Developed in the 1970s, FASCAM, or Family of Scatterable Munitions, were artillery-delivered mines ejected from 155mm

Mike Hankins

Hankinstien

30 years ago today, the Gulf War began with a massive air campaign. Although many have debated the reasons for the war, it did represent a shift in how the

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