It wreaked havoc on Iraqi ground forces. U.S. A-10 "Warthog" crews would destroy 900 Iraqi tanks, 2,000 other military vehicles and 1,200 artillery pieces during combat operations. VII Corps suffered 62 killed and 235 wounded. It also suffered 4 M1A1 tanks destroyed and 9 damaged, 14 Bradley Fighting Vehicles were destroyed and 9 damaged, 2 helicopters were destroyed and 3 damaged, and 9 other vehicles of various types were destroyed or damaged during combat operations. Historical significance Some sources list the Battle of Norfolk as the second largest tank battle in American history behind the Battle of the Bulge. There are other sources that list it as the second or even the third largest tank battle of the Gulf War behind the Battle of Medina Ridge and the Battle of 73 Easting. See also Persian Gulf War Battle of 73 Easting Task Force 1-41 M1 Abrams History of the M1 Abrams Republican Guard (Iraq) Battle of Medina Ridge 2nd Armored Division (United States) Bradley Fighting Vehicle M109 howitzer M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System BMP development Infantry fighting vehicle MT-LB Notes References https://web.archive.org/web/20161221005030/http://www.2cr.army.mil/info/history/2SCR%20history%2020%20Jan%202011.pdf Desert Rats:The British 4 and 7 Armoured Brigades, WW2 to Today by Hans Halberstadt Challenger Squadron by Simon Dunstan The First Infantry Division and the U.S. Army Transformed: Road to Victory in Desert Storm, 1970-1991 by Gregory Fontenot Desert Redleg: Artillery Warfare in the First Gulf War by Col. L. Scott Lingamfelter Burton, James G. The Pentagon Wars: Reformers Challenge the Old Guard, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1993. . Bibliography Crusade: The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War, by Rick Atkinson, Houghton Mifflin, 1993. 1991 in Iraq Norfolk Norfolk Norfolk Norfolk Norfolk February 1991 events in Asia Norfolk