Battle of 73 Easting

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The Battle of 73 Easting was a decisive 1991 Gulf War tank engagement in which U.S.-led coalition armored forces destroyed elements of Iraq’s Republican Guard in a rapid, technologically superior clash in the Kuwaiti desert.

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instanceOf battle ⓘ
tank battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of the 73rd Easting ⓘ
belligerent Iraq ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
casualtiesCoalition very light coalition casualties ⓘ
casualtiesIraqi hundreds of Iraqi soldiers killed or wounded ⓘ
casualtiesIraqiEquipment over 160 Iraqi tanks destroyed or captured ⓘ
over 180 Iraqi armored personnel carriers and IFVs destroyed or captured ⓘ
characteristic combined arms maneuver warfare ⓘ
long-range tank gunnery engagements ⓘ
use of advanced thermal sights and GPS navigation ⓘ
coalitionEquipment AH-64 Apache attack helicopter ⓘ
linked to: Boeing AH-64 Apache

M1A1 Abrams main battle tank ⓘ
linked to: M1 Abrams tanks

M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle ⓘ
combatantUnit British 1st Armoured Division ⓘ
U.S. 1st Infantry Division ⓘ
U.S. 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment ⓘ
U.S. VII Corps ⓘ
commander Frederick M. Franks Jr. ⓘ
H. R. McMaster ⓘ
conflict Gulf War ⓘ
date 1991-02-26 ⓘ
description rapid armored clash in open desert terrain ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Medina Ridge ⓘ
Battle of Norfolk ⓘ
IraqiEquipment BMP infantry fighting vehicle ⓘ
T-62 tank ⓘ
T-72 tank ⓘ
location Iraq ⓘ
Kuwaiti desert ⓘ
near the Iraq–Saudi Arabia border ⓘ
namedAfter northing line 73 Easting on military maps ⓘ
opponent Iraqi Republican Guard ⓘ
opponentUnit Iraqi 12th Armored Division ⓘ
Iraqi 50th Armored Brigade ⓘ
linked to: Iraqi Army

Iraqi Republican Guard Tawakalna Division ⓘ
outcome decisive coalition tactical victory ⓘ
partOf 1991 Gulf War ⓘ
phaseOf ground offensive phase of Operation Desert Storm ⓘ
precededBy air campaign of Operation Desert Storm ⓘ
result coalition victory ⓘ
significance considered one of the largest tank battles of the Gulf War ⓘ
crippled elements of the Iraqi Republican Guard ⓘ
demonstrated overwhelming technological and training superiority of coalition armored forces ⓘ
tacticalDoctrine example of AirLand Battle doctrine in practice ⓘ

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Iraqi Republican Guard → notableBattle → Battle of 73 Easting ⓘ
Battle of 73 Easting → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the 73rd Easting ⓘ
linked to: Battle of 73 Easting
Battle of Medina Ridge → precededBy → Battle of 73 Easting ⓘ
Battle of Medina Ridge → alsoKnownAs → Medina Ridge tank battle ⓘ
linked to: Battle of 73 Easting
Battle of Norfolk (1991) → precededBy → Battle of 73 Easting ⓘ
Herbert Raymond McMaster → notableEvent → Battle of 73 Easting ⓘ