BATTLE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT 18 JUN 91

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Subject = BATTLE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT   18 JUN 91                            

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Folder title = HQS 4-32 ARMORDED BATTLE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT 18 JUN  1991                                         

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                  Analysis of 4—66 Armor's Battle Damage Incident:
         
         
        S             a. At approxxmately 1200 hours, 27 February 1991, Task Force
                      (AR Hvy) (1st Dde) conducted an attack on an Iraqi theater
                  reserve anunition holding areas that was being defended by an
                  Iraqi Armor Battalion. The attack was part of a coordinated
                  brigade attack that had 1-35 AR (3d Ede) on the left and 4-66 AR
                  on the right. TF 4—65's Scout Platoon had the mission of
                  maintaining contact with 1—35 AR on the task force's left flank.
         
         
                      1,. Weather at the time of the attack consisted of light rain
                  and dense smoke from the burning ammunition dump. Visibility was
                  generally fair. The Division had excellent intelligence
                  pertaining to this position, as exact numbers and locations of
                  enemy positions had been derived from imagery, and validated by
                  earlier pre-planned CAS and APACHE strikes.
         
                      c.  As TF 4—66 attacked, the lead company moved into an anti-
                  armor minefield causing the entire Task Force to momentarily
                  halt. 1-35 AR continued to move forward on the left, and 4-66
                  AR's Scout Platoon moved along with them in an effort to keep the
                  two units tied—in. At this point, the Scout Platoon became
                  engaged in a direct fire by the enemy's BlcPs and dis~ounted RPG
                  Teams.