GWT: House to house searches, tank crew survive RPG attack

(1 Apr 2003)

1. Various wides of British troops approaching factory for a search
2. Various of soldiers crouched with guns
3. Various of troops breaking through doors of factory with sledge hammer
4. Soldier running with fuse wire for explosive
5. Hands fixing detonator to fuse wire
6. Soldier detonating explosion, UPSOUND (English ) "Firing now"
7. Various of troops stacking seized guns
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Name not provided:
"Really what we wanted to achieve was to make sure that there was nothing in here that could be used by the enemy and that's one of the reasons why we've come in not necessarily with a big stick, we've not come in all guns blazing because we realise that this is actually a civilian facility that has been utilised by the Iraqi military to target the coalition forces."
9. Various of a group of factory workers being held for questioning by British troops
10. Troops stacking more seized guns
11. Troops leaving building after search
12. Union flag on side of damaged British Challenger 2 tank
13. Wide of damaged tank
14. Close up of the tank's commander David Baird
15. Soot on metal of tank
16. Zoom on smashed window
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Sergeant David Baird, Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Commander of the tank):
"I was reversing the drive and all of a sudden I just saw a rocket propelled grenade coming towards me by the side, so I just ducked down and it just exploded and took the scopes out."
18. Pan along side of tank with bullet holes
19. Baird holding up singed sleeping mat, zooms on mat
20. Various of Gunner Stuart Ferguson getting out of tank
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Gunner Stuart Ferguson, Royal Scots Dragoon Guards:
"This could be my last moments, there's everything rushing past in front of you and think of all the things I've not done. It has been quite a drama. But we scraped though, we came through with no casualties. So, that's the main thing."
22. Captain James Moulton looking at damage to his Warrior fighting vehicle after a different RPG attack
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Captain James Moulton, Irish Guards:
"The guys in the back told me we'd been hit. I hadn't noticed. It seemed an RPG was fired just as we were going past it and hit this back bin (points at it), that was bent back an awful lot more , straight n to the back door and just ricocheted off into the other bin. So, it gave is a lot of confidence about how solid these things are, especially because this is generally considered a weaker point. But, very exciting."
24. Wide of tank

STORYLINE:

Troops in two British vehicles escaped unharmed after heavy attacks from Iraqi forces on Tuesday.

Commander David Baird's Challenger 2 tank was hit by an anti-tank missile and a series of rocket propelled grenades (RPG), but the crew escaped unhurt.

The tank was leading an assault by the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and the Royal Marines, south of Basra.

But the crew was left exposed and unable to see outside the vehicle after the main sights were destroyed by a guided missile.

The tank then was reversed into a ditch and was the driver was unable to manoeuvre out again.

In the same area on Tuesday, one of the Irish Guard's Warrior fighting vehicles was hit by an RPG, causing superficial damage.

The captain, James Moulton, was unaware that they had been hit and said the incident gave him confidence in the level of protection inside the vehicles.

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