Osprey Publishing, 1991 - 64 p.
Tim Ripley weighs up the armies that confronted each other across
the Saudi border in Kuwait and in the deserts of southe 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.
ISBN10: 1855321777 ISBN13: 9781855321779 (eng)
Ripley Tim. Desert Storm Land Power: The Coalition and Iraqi Armies
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