1992. D 1.2: P 43 WIU (v. 1,2,3) Dependence on the Persian Gulf A revealing study conducted prior to the Operation Desert Shield/Storm campaigns that reports on the vulnerability and dependence of the ...

By the time of Operation Desert Storm, the U.S. Army and Marine Corps had fielded hundreds of M1A1s, many of which were rushed into service to meet the demands of the looming conflict with Iraq.