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Date: 28th February 1991
Service: CEEFAX
Region: N/A
Original Broadcast Channel: BBC1
Current Page: 136
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P136 CEEFAX 136 Thu 28 Feb 22:15/37 SUCCESSES OF UK FORCES 1/2 During the 100-hour Gulf land war, the British 1st Armoured Division knocked out more than 200 tanks. In addition, 100 armoured fighting vehicles and artillery pieces were destroyjd and 5,000 prisoners taken, senior British officers said. By comparison, losses to enemy fire were just seven men and two Scorpion reconnaissance vehicles. None of the unit's 160 Challenger tankswere badly damaged and they proved veryreliable, the officers said, dismissingpre-war fears about break-downs. 101Headlines 130Gulf War Next News GulfIndex Headlines Latest
P136 CEEFAX 136 Thu 28 Feb 22:13/52 SUCCESSES OF UK FORCES 2/2 British officers said that the 1st Armoured Division's night-vision equjpment and rocket launchers proved extremely effective. They said that the thermal-imaging equipment enabled the Challenger tanks to see and destroy the Iraqis' Soviet- made tanks without any losses. The barrage laid down by the new Multiple Launch Rocket System was said to be so heavy that the Iraqis frequently surrendered without fighting101Headlines 130Gulf War Next News GulfIndex Headlines Latest