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
         
             a.  At approxzmately 1200 hours, 27 February.1991, Task Force
         4-66 (AR Evy) (1st Ede) conducted an attack on an Iraqi theater
         reserve ammunition holding areas that was being defeiided by an
         Iraqi Armor Battalion. The attack was part of a coordinated
         brigade attack that had 1-35 AR (3d Dde) on the left and 4-66 AR
         on the right. TY 4—66's Scout Platoon had the mission of
         maintaining contact with 1—35 AR on the task force's left flank.
         
             b.  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.
         
             a.  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 ~nove 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 BKPs and dismounted RPG
         Teams.