Complex sentence: The forward observation posts soon detected Iraqi troops and tanks setting up a defensive line north of highway 6, west of the highway, a scimitar came under fire from an Iraqi T-55, the scimitar destroyed it with a mounted anti-tank missile.
Split into simpler sentences: The forward observation posts soon detected Iraqi troops and tanks setting up a defensive line north of highway 6. West of the highway, a Scimitar came under fire from an Iraqi T-55; the Scimitar destroyed it with a mounted anti-tank missile.