Heavy Metal - A Tank Company's Battle to Baghdad

May 3, 2005 During the Iraq War, Captain Jason Conroy commanded Charlie Company, a tank unit equipped with M1A1 Abrams tanks that found itself at the very tip of the U.S. Army’s drive into downtown Baghdad – they were the first unit into the heart of Saddam Hussein’s empire. As co-author of the book “Heavy Metal - A Tank Company's Battle to Baghdad” Conroy paints an authentic picture of what the war was really like, from the unique perspective of an armour unit that was in nearly continuous combat for four straight weeks. His descriptions of tank battles in narrow streets make fascinating reading. Tanks are designed to destroy from long distances a thousand metres and more – pitched battles in an urban environment had never been envisioned before the war started, so tactics had to be developed on the fly, in the heat of battle. Read on for an exciting excerpt from the book:

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