Battle of 73 Easting

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battle tank battle

The Battle of 73 Easting was a decisive 1991 Gulf War tank engagement in which U.S.-led coalition armored forces destroyed elements of Iraq’s Republican Guard in a rapid, technologically superior clash in the Kuwaiti desert.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of 73 Easting canonical	3
Battle of the 73rd Easting	1
Medina Ridge tank battle	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ tank battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of 73 Easting ⓘ surface form: Battle of the 73rd Easting
belligerent	Iraq ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
casualtiesCoalition	very light coalition casualties ⓘ
casualtiesIraqi	hundreds of Iraqi soldiers killed or wounded ⓘ
casualtiesIraqiEquipment	over 160 Iraqi tanks destroyed or captured ⓘ over 180 Iraqi armored personnel carriers and IFVs destroyed or captured ⓘ
characteristic	combined arms maneuver warfare ⓘ long-range tank gunnery engagements ⓘ use of advanced thermal sights and GPS navigation ⓘ
coalitionEquipment	Boeing AH-64 Apache ⓘ surface form: AH-64 Apache attack helicopter M1 Abrams tanks ⓘ surface form: M1A1 Abrams main battle tank M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle ⓘ
combatantUnit	1st Armoured Division (United Kingdom) ⓘ surface form: British 1st Armoured Division United States 1st Infantry Division ⓘ surface form: U.S. 1st Infantry Division U.S. 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment ⓘ U.S. VII Corps ⓘ
commander	Frederick M. Franks Jr. ⓘ H. R. McMaster ⓘ
conflict	Gulf War ⓘ
date	1991-02-26 ⓘ
description	rapid armored clash in open desert terrain ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Medina Ridge ⓘ Battle of Norfolk ⓘ
IraqiEquipment	BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle ⓘ surface form: BMP infantry fighting vehicle T-62 tank ⓘ T-72 tank ⓘ
location	Iraq ⓘ Kuwait desert interior ⓘ surface form: Kuwaiti desert near the Iraq–Saudi Arabia border ⓘ
namedAfter	northing line 73 Easting on military maps ⓘ
opponent	Iraqi Republican Guard ⓘ
opponentUnit	Iraqi Republican Guard ⓘ surface form: Iraqi 12th Armored Division Iraqi Army ⓘ surface form: Iraqi 50th Armored Brigade Iraqi Republican Guard ⓘ surface form: Iraqi Republican Guard Tawakalna Division
outcome	decisive coalition tactical victory ⓘ
partOf	Operation Desert Storm ⓘ surface form: 1991 Gulf War
phaseOf	ground offensive phase of Operation Desert Storm ⓘ
precededBy	air campaign of Operation Desert Storm ⓘ
result	coalition victory ⓘ
significance	considered one of the largest tank battles of the Gulf War ⓘ crippled elements of the Iraqi Republican Guard ⓘ demonstrated overwhelming technological and training superiority of coalition armored forces ⓘ
tacticalDoctrine	example of AirLand Battle doctrine in practice ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iraqi Republican Guard → notableBattle → Battle of 73 Easting ⓘ

1st Armoured Division (United Kingdom) → engagement → Battle of 73 Easting ⓘ

Battle of 73 Easting → alsoKnownAs → Battle of 73 Easting ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the 73rd Easting

Battle of Medina Ridge → precededBy → Battle of 73 Easting ⓘ

Battle of Medina Ridge → alsoKnownAs → Battle of 73 Easting ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medina Ridge tank battle