Heavy Metal: A Tank Company's Battle to Baghdad (Ausa Book)

Heavy Metal: A Tank Company's Battle to Baghdad КНИГИ ;ВОЕННАЯ ИСТОРИЯ Издательство: Potomac BooksАвтор(ы): Jason Conroy, Ron MartzЯзык: EnglishГод издания: 2005Количество страниц: 311ISBN: 1-57488-856-0Формат: pdf (e-book)Размер: 3.63 mb Rapid Ifolder 85 During The Iraq War, Capt. Jason Conroy Commanded The Tankers Of Charlie Company. Charlie Company Was Part Of Task Force 1-64 Of The 2nd Brigade Combat Team, An Element Of The U.s. Army's 3rd Infantry Division. Equipped With Mammoth M1a1 Abrams Tanks, Conroy's Company Was At The Tip Of The U.s. Army's Spear And One Of The First Elements Into Baghdad. Veteran Journalist Ron Martz Was Embedded In Charlie Company. Together, From The Unique Perspective Of An Armor Unit That Was In Nearly Continuous Combat For Four Straight Weeks, Conroy And Coauthor Martz Tell The Unvarnished Story Of What Went Right In Iraq - And What Went Deadly Wrong. Conroy And His Soldiers Were Able To Overcome Supply Shortages, Intelligence Failures, And Miserable Weather To Battle Their Way Into Downtown Baghdad, A Place Where They Had Been Told They Would Never Have To Fight. Heavy Metal Evaluates The Army's Performance, Including Its Use Of Tactics For Which The Soldiers Had Never Trained. Through The Personal Stories Of The Young Troopers Of Charlie Company - Who Experienced A Very Different War From What Was Seen Back Home On Tv - Heavy Metal Tells Us Much About The Qualities Of Today's American Soldier, About Twenty-first-century Desert And Urban Warfare, And About How The Army Should Prepare To Fight. Not Simply A Day-to-day Memoir, It Teaches Vital Lessons For Future Combat.--book Jacket. Point Blank: The Battle For Mahmudiyah -- Rock Of The Marne -- The Making Of Charlie Company -- Operation Desert Spring -- The Wait In Kuwait -- The Plan : Heavy Metal And Rock 'n Roll -- Sand And Fury -- First Fight :cobras Lead The Way -- The Night It Rained Mud -- The Battle For Najaf -- Checkpoint Charlie -- The Road To Baghdad -- Thunder Run I : Speed, Power, And A Show Of Force -- Sorting Things Out -- Thunder Run Ii : The End Of Saddam -- Rooting Out The Remnants Of Saddam -- Baghdad Bedlam And Other National Treasures -- Beyond Baghdad -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Charlie Company Vehicle Assignments And Roster. Jason Conroy With Ron Martz. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. During the Iraq War, coauthor Capt. Jason Conroy commanded Charlie Company, which was part of Task Force 1-64, 2d Brigade Combat Team, part of the U.S. Army's 3d Infantry Division. A tank unit equipped with mammoth M1A1 Abrams tanks, Conroy's company was literally at the tip of the U.S. Army's spear and one of the first elements into Baghdad. Veteran journalist Ron Martz was embedded in Charlie Company. Together, from the unique perspective of an armor unit that was in nearly continuous combat for four straight weeks, Conroy and Martz tell the unvarnished story of what went right and what went deadly wrong in Iraq. Conroy and his soldiers were able to overcome supply shortages, intelligence failures, and miserable weather to battle their way into downtown Baghdad, a place where they were told they would never have to fight. Heavy Metal evaluates the Army's performance, including its use of tactics that were developed during the war but for which the soldiers had never trained. Through the exciting personal stories of the young troopers of Charlie Company - who experienced a very different war from what was seen back home on TV - Heavy Metal tells us much about the qualities of today's American soldier, about twenty-first-century desert and urban warfare, and about how the Army should prepare to fight future wars. Contents......Page 8 Illustrations......Page 10 Foreword......Page 12 Preface......Page 16 Acknowledgments......Page 20 POINT BLANK: THE BATTLE FOR MAHMUDIYAH......Page 24 ROCK OF THE MARNE......Page 39 THE MAKING OFCHARLIE COMPANY......Page 47 OPERATION DESERT SPRING......Page 59 THE WAIT IN KUWAIT......Page 73 THE PLAN: HEAVY METAL AND ROCK ‘N ROLL......Page 86 SAND AND FURY......Page 95 FIRST FIGHT: COBRAS LEAD THE WAY......Page 112 THE NIGHT IT RAINED MUD......Page 131 THE BATTLE FOR NAJAF......Page 144 CHECKPOINT CHARLIE......Page 159 THE ROAD TO BAGHDAD......Page 176 THUNDER RUN I: SPEED, POWER, AND A SHOW OF FORCE......Page 188 SORTING THINGS OUT......Page 210 THUNDER RUN II: THE END OF SADDAM......Page 218 ROOTING OUT THE REMNANTS OF SADDAM......Page 233 BAGHDAD BEDLAM AND OTHER NATIONAL TREASURES......Page 249 BEYOND BAGHDAD......Page 269 EPILOGUE......Page 283 Appendix: Charlie Company Vehicle Assignments and Roster......Page 294 Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations......Page 300 Index......Page 304 About the Authors......Page 310 Erindringer. Forfatteren var chef for en amerikansk kampvognseskadron under invasionen af Irak i 2003. Eskadronen var en af de forreste amerikanske enheder, som rykkede ind i Bagdad. Beretningen suppleres/støttes af den anden forfatters (en erfaren krigskorrespondent) oplevelser under sit ophold ved eskadronen. Der gives en beskrivelse af fire ugers næsten konstante kamphandlinger, om mandskabets reaktioner, om hvad der gik godt, og hvad der gik skidt. Bogen afsluttes med en række lessons- learned til brug for fremtidige aktioner