Sand and steel
Subtitle: lessons learned on U.S. Marine Corps armor and anti-armor operations from the Gulf War
By: by Robert E. Osborne, SSgt, USMCR
Contributors: United States. Marine Corps Combat Development Command. Integration Division. Marine Corps Lessons Learned System Data Base Section
Publisher: Marine Corps Lessons Learned, System Data Base Section, Integration Division, Marine Corps Combat Development Command
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Quantico, Va.?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 51
Subjects: United States; United States. Marine Corps; Military Mechanization; Persian Gulf War, 1991; Armored troops; Evaluation; Tank warfare; Desert warfare
Notes: Cover title.

Includes bibliographical references (leaf 46).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: History of armored warfare. Armor ; Anti-tank warfare ; Conclusion; title: Overview: U.S. Marine Corps operations in Southwest Asia. Moving to the Gulf ; USMC force organization ; The air war; title: The KTO tactical environment. General; title: Overview of Marine armor in Desert Storm. General ; USMC armor and anti-armor equipment ; MEF training ; Target acquisition ; Ground operations; title: Iraqi military equipment and performance. General ; Size ; Strategy and tactics; title: U.S. logistical support issues. General; title: U.S. Marine Reserves performance. General; title: Nuclear, biological, chemical. General; title: Conclusions. Recommendations for ground operations; title: Appendix. A. Glossary ; B. Geographical glossary ; C. Index of names in this report.