Desert Rats prepare for Iraq war
- Title
- Desert Rats prepare for Iraq war
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- 10 Jan 1991
- Year of production
- 1991
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- Duration
- 00:02:23
- Description
- Defence correspondent Paul Maurice reports from Saudi Arabia as the Deserts Rats of the British 7th Armoured Brigade train in preparation for war in Iraq. Colonel John Morbey(?) describes the manoeuvres and the mine clearing training. The 600 soldiers are testing all of their equipment in case of war, including tanks, machine guns and night vision equipment. Audio distorted; speech has metallic quality.
- Contributors
- Paul Maurice; John Morbey(?)
- Keywords
- British; Weapons; Saudi Arabia; Army; Guns; Soldiers; Wars (events); Iraq; Equipment; Gulf War (1990-1991); Tanks; Desert Rats; John Morbey(?)
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