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Hellfires more than TOWs but both pack a punch. Says a lot about the armor on the M1.

This sounds like a different story. The one I distinctly recall is from the push to Bagdad. It may or may not have been 3rd ID. Most stories say that it is. But they're all fairly consistent with the Tank taking several TOW and Hellfire strikes and failing to kill the tank.

I'm going to relay a story that was infamous in Iraq when I was downrange. I've heard multiple versions of this story but they almost always play out the same way. But I think it was 3rd Infantry Division during their drive on Bagdad when they walked right into an ambush and an M1A1 (might have...