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To: bentway who wrote (197665)8/16/2006 12:44:56 PM
From: TimF  Respond to of 281500
 
The main difference was not superior weapons, but superior tactics, superior training, superior initiative at the small and medium unit levels, and superior coordination of different units. All of which could be summed up as a superior military culture.

The Arab tanks fighting "buttoned up" was part of their disadvantage, but only a part.

meforum.org

Another link to the same article
unc.edu

a shorter summary of some of the same ideas
strategypage.com