On 10 Mar 2003 at 0:07, Dan Minette wrote: > > mm...maybe in the War of Independence, Israel needed it, but since > > then we'd have managed fine, thanks. > > That contradicts everything I've heard about why Israel was able to > finally win the Yom Kipper war. Without the asymmetry in the resupply > of armament, Israel would not have been in any shape at all.
Frankly, that disaster can be placed FIRMLY at the feet of (among many other mistakes) Golder Meyr. When there is a warning of war soon, you do NOT authorise extra troops to go home for Yom Kippur! However, what turned the conflict was by my reading the heroic acitons of the Isralie tankers, who managed despite high casualties (and no infantry support) to push back the enemy. (and modern Isralie tank doctrine and equipment has techniques for unsupported advances, including ways to prevent getting killed by the kind of older anti- tank missiles the Arab States *mainly* have. Andy Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
