Pumped Up ... Ready to Roll

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Armor in its element - The 3d Armored Division masses in the desert prior to its assault into Iraq.

MlAl tanks of the 3d AD begin to roll across the desert in the 100-hour war. Photo SFC Gail Thueson What They Faced... These Iraqi obstacles were typical of those along the Saudi-Kuwaiti border. The "dragons' teeth" on either side of the wide antitank ditch protected a crossing point used by the Iraqis. An access road runs parallel to the ditch, and behind that, several lines of wire obstacles stretch across the desert at the top of the photo, probably straddling a minefield. ARMOR - 25