Tough lessons for Israeli armour ( maybe a good reason to quit [View All]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4794829.stm


Tough lessons for Israeli armour
By Jonathan Marcus
BBC diplomatic correspondent

Israeli Merkava battle tank
Tank crews have provided a significant number of casualties

One of the major military surprises of the fighting in Lebanon has been the apparent vulnerability of Israeli armour to Hezbollah anti-tank rockets.

No detailed figures are available and it is clear that many more tanks may have been hit than actually destroyed.

But a significant proportion of Israeli casualties have been among tank crews.

Hezbollah has also used its anti-armour weapons to bring down buildings around sheltering Israeli troops, again causing multiple casualties.

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Sounds like the Israeli army was being beating to me.