Post by sfscriv on May 13, 2008 7:01:04 GMT 1
Many times the use of the Antitank Ground Defense TOW has resulted in an easy kill for some lucky enemy fighter because personnel who choose to employ the TOW are selecting a weapon system that reduces their movement and field of view. There was not an easy kill this time.
I was going after a repair badge zipping around the Highway Tampa map in a jeep as an engineer on Team MEC. I drove up on a raging medium to long-range armored battle of three U.S. tanks against three MEC tanks defending the Gas Station. Both groups were clustered together to provide mutual repairs while in-contact.
As I approached to conduct repairs, one MEC tank was taken out of play. The position of the stationary TOW appeared too good to resist understanding the leatality of a TOW is greater than a tank round. There was a medium-size key hole in front of me between the two remaining MEC tanks and the wreckage of the recently destroyed tank.
I employed the TOW with the expectation of maybe taking out one U.S. tank. The first TOW round hit and destroyed its target and at the same time our second tank was taken out of action. Steady on the TOW, reload, and round away. The next U.S. tank was crushed by the impact of the second TOW round, Now, it was one on one between two opposing tanks and an insignificant TOW gunner in the background. The U.S. tank scored his final hit on the doomed MEC tank and it exploded.
At that moment, I was feeling very vulnerable. Perhaps, he was feeling lucky to be alive or, maybe, he was keeping his composure as it was clear he was scanning for other targets. The chances of the third TOW round making it all the way to its target was not good. I braced for the impact of a main gun round from the remaining M-1 tank. I kept the sights steady and guided it in, WOOM!! I found myself alone on the battlefield in vicinity of the gas station and had achieved 3 tank kills while manning the TOW. Not, bad.
See you on the Battlefield!
I was going after a repair badge zipping around the Highway Tampa map in a jeep as an engineer on Team MEC. I drove up on a raging medium to long-range armored battle of three U.S. tanks against three MEC tanks defending the Gas Station. Both groups were clustered together to provide mutual repairs while in-contact.
As I approached to conduct repairs, one MEC tank was taken out of play. The position of the stationary TOW appeared too good to resist understanding the leatality of a TOW is greater than a tank round. There was a medium-size key hole in front of me between the two remaining MEC tanks and the wreckage of the recently destroyed tank.
I employed the TOW with the expectation of maybe taking out one U.S. tank. The first TOW round hit and destroyed its target and at the same time our second tank was taken out of action. Steady on the TOW, reload, and round away. The next U.S. tank was crushed by the impact of the second TOW round, Now, it was one on one between two opposing tanks and an insignificant TOW gunner in the background. The U.S. tank scored his final hit on the doomed MEC tank and it exploded.
At that moment, I was feeling very vulnerable. Perhaps, he was feeling lucky to be alive or, maybe, he was keeping his composure as it was clear he was scanning for other targets. The chances of the third TOW round making it all the way to its target was not good. I braced for the impact of a main gun round from the remaining M-1 tank. I kept the sights steady and guided it in, WOOM!! I found myself alone on the battlefield in vicinity of the gas station and had achieved 3 tank kills while manning the TOW. Not, bad.
See you on the Battlefield!
