European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 01, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes Friday february 1 1991 s an returning to its regular programming Frankfurt Germany a amps a. The a a armed forces radio and television service is reversing its All news policy which Means sports and specials will return to military to and radio stations overseas an an official said thursday. The decision came too late for an to an Pov a not world radio or Southern european a a t3 mad cast i a Totev i sort h est h de u i e set Ira Rappac  this edition of the stars and stripes. New schedules with late night satellite sports and shows such As  added will he provided in tomorrows edition. Arts which supplies military networks with everything from a the tonight so Iowa to football games,.decided a week ago  All but news shows in order to provide More live news of the persian Gulf w a. Allied commanders Brace for larger gis from Page 1 Stevens said. Iraq said it repelled an overnight Allied counterattack on Khanji but did not mention saudi claims that Allied troops had retaken the City the iraqi news Agency said iraqi troops still in the City were holding american and. Saudi prisoners that included a female .  a a these female soldiers Are being treated Well by the iraqi fighters in accordance with the traditional treatment of prisoners. They will be Given Good treatment i accordance with the spirit of the lofty islamic Laws Quot the Agency said. _ a continued from Page 1 paper of iraqis ruling baath parly a saying the ground fighting was the prelude to a far bigger Battle. The paper Al thaw a called it a the beginning of a Thun Crous storm blowing on the Arab  marines on the outskirts of Khanji said they had been told five or six iraqi divisions a at least 60,000 troops a were massing near the kuwaiti town of Zafra about 25 a i i es4o ther West a n d b Elic Ved preparing of m attack. _ the four pronged iraqi attack that began tuesday evening and appeared to end thursday involved Only about 1,500.ground troops and 50 tanks and was consid cred a probe to test Allied strength. It. The fighting resulted in the first american ground casualties. The . Military command said thursday in Riyadh that 11 marines were killed. It earlier had said 12 were killed. A / a staff officers at the 1st Marine dives headquarter said the marines were killed late tuesday along Kuwait a southwestern Border in the desert about 15 Miles West of Khanji. Stevens said three Light armoured vehicles were lost but did not say whether the marines killed were in the vehicles. Al thaw a boasted that Baghdad not the allies would set the timing of the ground confrontation. By grabbing Khanji a Iraq became the one who initiated the opening of new pages of the Battle according to the Datoc and place it decides a it said. Allied commanders have said they would resist iraqi efforts to drag them into a ground War before Allied air assaults had beaten the enemy Down. In addition to the ground fighting Battles flared in. The seas and skies. British Jaguar fighter bombers attacked a 300-foot iraqi Landing Craft in the Northern Gulf leaving it in flames and dead in the water. The ministry of defense said British forces Sank five iraqi Craft on wednesday and four others were beached. To a. 1. A a a a a. Quot a a. A so a a a a a a a a. British warplanes also flow ground attack missions thursday in support of Allied forces at Khanji struck an iraqi commando Camp and at iraqi artillery emplacements said Raf Wing commander Ray to Rooch the French meanwhile said their fighters attacked artillery and command centers of iraqis elite Republican guard. Italian fighter bombers also flew missions thursday. \ Quot a a a t in an interview thursday ,  desert storm Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf said a second Oil spill has been spotted emanating from an offshore platform at Quot Minal   the air attacks Are systematically destroying iraqis military Supply system smashing hardened shelters housing iraqi jets and continuing to Knock out troublesome scud Type missile launchers he told reporters in saudi Arabia. A a a. Allied forces had destroyed All of iraqis nuclear reactors half of its biological warfare plants and chemical storage and production Sites Schwarzkopf said. A by every measure our Campaign is very much on schedule a he said. V a but the commander also sounded a note of caution a a there a no Way that in a suggesting that the iraqi army is close to capitulation and going to give  the iraqis he said a certainly have a lot of fight left in  a armoured uhf slammed into saudi Arabia on tuesday night. V a it a a a a v t late wednesday saudi Light armoured forces reached the Center of Khanji but the marines pulled Back under heavy iraqi rocket fire. A a let a get the hell out of Here a shouted a Marine Captain in a vehicle with a mounted Tow anti tank missile. The successful Allied push into Shafii followed the Retreat by an hour. Of. When the iraqi columns struck from Kuwait Early wednesday some advancing t-55 tanks had their guns facing rearward a a sign of surrender a but then opened fire the marines reported. From Page 1 a. / 2,400 .-lct coalition tanks against 4,200 iraqi tanks in and around Kuwait. An at her ,000 tanks a re h c l d in Rose Rve across Iraq. A such a scenario would Dwarf the largest a Mored Bat tic to Date the 1943 Battle of kursk in which 3,000 russian and German tanks faced off in the soviet Union. The germans lost. Commanders Hope that technology helicopters and air Force jets will More than even the Odds but say the a key Quot is piercing the iraqi front line. A fall we need is one breakthrough a said capt. Tim Brown a 1st Cav div a Tiu Peryman from Independence Ohio. A breakthrough is the key. That s Why those it tasks my Abrams go40  besides Speed the Abrams will have another advantage Over the top of the line Batty Wagon in the iraqi army the soviet built t-72 the prams can shoot farther. A. A a that a where those tanks Are Worth their $3 million a for that last 3,000 meters a Brown said. A three Kilometres almost two Miles is the Range of an m1a1 tank round and that a one Kilometre farther than that of the t-72. A a a the t-72 is a the Best Export Model the soviets have a said maj.  of the army Public affairs office in Washington. A a it a a Good tank a formidable piece of  the iraqis have about 1,000 of them according to Michael r. Jacobson of the army infantry Center in fort Benning a. He and other  that about half Are in and around Kuwait. The modified t-72m1 has a 125mm, main gun and an 8-Inch layer of Armor. Iraq Calls it the a Babylon lion and used it extensively in its War with Iran the Republican guards Saddam a most experienced fighters Are believed to have it the t-72 has a nuclear biological chemical filtration system similar to the american mall Jacobson said in an article in the military Magazine infantry. This feature allows Crews to a Button up inside their tank and avoid wearing uncomfortable chemical gear during a Gas attack. The top iraqi tank also has a laser Range finder. The iraqis use a three Man Crew because the russian tank has an automatic loader instead of a fourth crewman. Americans use four Man Crews. One army master gunner said last summer that this would put t-72 Crews at a disadvantage when injuries happen or during the More routine business of getting off the tank and patrolling on foot. Plus he said an automatic loader is one More machine that can break. The iraqis also have 1,500 chinese built tanks Jacobson said. Type 59-11 is similar loathe soviet t-54 and has a 105mm main gun and a four Man Crew while the More advanced Type 69-11 is armed with a 100mm gun a laser Range finder an neg Protection system and a four Man Crew. Saddam a armies also captured 165 British chieftains that belonged to the kuwaiti army. A a although the allies have More Modem equipment a iraqis russian built t-55s and t-62s Date Back 30 years or More a Gen. Colin Powell the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff warned against overconfidence. / a these tanks a he said referring particularly to the t-72st a Are designed not to be  Heidelberg Germany a army hospitals preparing to receive Battle wounded troops from the Middle East Are repeatedly changing their policies on availability of health care for americans in Europe. A a in some areas anything you be heard about medical care that s More than a week old May be outdated a said col. Wayne Sorensen 7th medical come chief of administrative support for Jimca services. Because of the rapidly changing information about available services at health care facilities officials Are recommending that people Contact patient representatives at the medical facilities for up to Date information. A the situation varies from Hospital to Hospital a Sorensen said. A some have Cut Back on certain types of services. Others have moved a few of their clinics from one location to another within a Community. Still others had to Cut Back but Are restoring certain types of care because of the medical reservists we be received Over the past six  for example army medical officials had announced Jan. 23 that service members civilians retirees and military family members referred to the Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center must seek specially care from private facilities on the Economy. This was reported in thursdays stars and stripes. The situation has now change however. Selective Long term chronic specially patients for whom Host nation care was not available or difficult to find were contacted and a Small clinic created outside the Hospital in Lan Stuhl said it. Col. Eric Schoomaker Deputy commander for clinical services at the medical Center. A. _ _ outpatient clinics have been moved outside the Hospital proper. Primary care previously provided to family members at the Hospital in Lan Stuhl has been moved to the Vogel Weh clinic which has significantly expanded its space and is open 24 hours a Day he said. In addition All Active duty sick Call for the Kaiserslautern military Community including that previously handled at the Lan Stuhl Hospital has moved to the Kueber clinic. J a a utly fog clinics at Miinch Weiler Bai Noier aug bad Kreuz Nach remain unchanged with Sis Rodical personnel who have played to Ttye Middle East. Command provided a list of phone no ssi a patient representatives at army hospitals in i rope personnel Are also assigned to act As patient r resent Tives at the army a 60 clinics. Be hospitals their ets and civilian phone rhumb arc. A. Augsburg 434-4671 or 0821-449-4671. Bad Cannstatt 422-2604 or 0711-520-1604. Berlin 332-4230 or 030-819230. Bremerhaven 342-2222 or 0471-891-2222. Frankfurt 325-7560 or 069-1541-7560. Heidelberg 370-2666 or 06221-17-2666. Lan Stuhl 486-8326 or 06371-86-8326. I bergs 461_5822 or 0911-653-5822. Shape Belgium 423-5844 or 3265-44-5844. Wurzburg 350-3666 or 0931-804-3666