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| MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif., -Lance
Cpl. Eli Gutierrez, loader with 1st platoon, Co. A, 1st Tank Battalion,
looks out the main hatch of his team’s tank during a patrol exercise in
the Combat Center’s training area Dec. 1, 2011. The tankers faced record
winds and freezing temperatures during their five-day training
operation. , Cpl. Sarah Dietz, 12/1/2011 7:07 AM |
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| MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif., -Marines with Co. A, 1st Tank Battalion, roll through the Combat Center training area during a patrol training exercise Dec. 1, 2011. This field exercise is the last time the company will be in the field training before they deploy to Afghanistan., Cpl. Sarah Dietz, 12/1/2011 7:43 AM |
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| MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif., - (Left)
Lance Cpl. Clint Lathrop, tank mechanic and M88 recovery vehicle
driver, and Lance Cpl Aaron Hullet, tank driver with first platoon, look
into the mechanical problems of a tank Dec. 1, ,2011, during a field
exercise. , Cpl. Sarah Dietz, 12/1/2011 11:27 AM |
Tank sniper team has really been very effective in afgan as of late! The flir combined with a bft give the tanks a huge presence alone add in the firepower and standoff they can bring just really gives a unit great force multipliers
ReplyDeleteagreed but there was a report that a friendly fire incident occurred where some USMC Snipers were returning to the FOB and were engaged by the coax machine gun of one of the tanks guarding the MSR. tragic. i just hope they ironed out all SOPs so it doesn't happen again.
ReplyDeleteSniping with tanks? Maybe the Marines should get that .50 cal mounted above the main gun and linked into the fire control system like on the TUSK kit? I forget the acronym for that piece of equipment.
ReplyDeleteNo, the corps inserts snipers who locate and pin insurgents and then tanks comes in and deatroys
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