73 Easting: Episode 21 — Four Hours at 73 Easting

Four Hours at 73 Easting measures what the 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment achieved before the battle ended around 1715 on February 26, 1991. Official accounts credit the regiment with destroying at least twenty-nine Iraqi tanks, twenty-four armored personnel carriers, and numerous other vehicles and bunkers, while taking about 1,300 prisoners. This episode treats those numbers soberly, as evidence of a defensive system broken by speed, training, thermal sights, artillery, and command initiative rather than as a battlefield scoreboard. Listeners learn how a cavalry screen became a decisive force, why Iraqi positions collapsed unevenly, and how success at 73 Easting opened the way for the 1st Infantry Division’s pass-through. The battle’s four hours revealed modern armored warfare at terrifying speed. For more military history writing and books, visit MilitaryAuthor.me, and for magazines, galleries, and a massive archive of military photos and video, visit Trackpads.com.