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An Iraqi T-55 main battle tank stands on a bank with other demolished equipment at Al Mutla Pass, north of Kuwait City. The equipment was destroyed by U.S. Air Force and Army Tiger Brigade forces which captured Iraqi forces fleeing from the region during Operation Desert Storm.

A T-55 main battle tank and other demolished Iraqi equipment litter Al Mutla Pass, north of Kuwait City. The equipment was destroyed by U.S. Air Force and Army Tiger Brigade forces as they captured Iraqi forces fleeing from the region during Operation Desert Storm.

Demolished equipment litters Al Mutla Pass, north of Kuwait City. The equipment was destroyed by U.S. Air Force and Army Tiger Brigade forces as they captured Iraqi forces fleeing from the region during Operation Desert Storm.

U.S. military vehicles move along Al Mutla Pass, north of Kuwait City. U.S. Air Force and Army Tiger Brigade forces demolished equipment and captured Iraqi forces fleeing from the region during Operation Desert Storm.

Demolished equipment litters Al Mutla Pass, north of Kuwait City. The equipment was destroyed by U.S. Air Force and Army Tiger Brigade forces as they captured Iraqi forces fleeing from the region during Operation Desert Storm.

A destroyed Iraqi T-55 main battle tank, painted with graffiti by Coalition troops, lies amidst other destroyed vehicles along the highway between Kuwait City and Basra, Iraq, following the retreat of Iraqi forces from Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm.

A U.S. Navy commander stands near an Iraqi T-55 main battle tank that was destroyed during Operation Desert Storm. The tank is lying in the desert outside of Kuwait City

British troops are photographed atop an Iraqi T-55 main battle tank. The tank was part of a convoy destroyed following the retreat of Iraqi forces from Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm.

An Iraqi T-55 main battle tank lies abandoned near a field after the retreat of Iraqi forces from Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm.

A demolished Iraqi T-55 main battle tank stands on a bank at Al Mutla Pass, north of Kuwait City. The tank, along with other equipment, was destroyed by U.S. Air Force and Army Tiger Brigade forces which captured Iraqi forces fleeing from the region during Operation Desert Storm.

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM

Country: Kuwait(KWT)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Perry Heimer

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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02/03/1991
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