LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Ian Durie on military training and weapons testing

Genre

Interview

TX Date

17 Jan 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:01:44

Description

Brigadier Ian Durie of the 1st Armoured Division of the Royal Artillery on the preparations of the British ground forces ahead of possible military action in Kuwait and Iraq. Durie describes the development of MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System), a new anti-tank weapon capable of hitting targets up to twenty miles away. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Ian Durie

Keywords

British; Military training; Weapons; Army; Wars (events); Kuwait; Iraq; Training; Weapons testing; Gulf War (1990-1991); Tanks; MLRS

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