{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Famous Tank Battles","title":"73 Easting: Episode 24 — Fratricide in the Dark","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/458b9d07\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":708,"description":"Fratricide in the Dark tackles one of the most difficult subjects in the 73 Easting and Objective Norfolk story: friendly fire during fast armored combat. This episode examines how darkness, dust, burning wrecks, thermal sight images, overlapping movements, and weak situational awareness created deadly hazards even for a victorious force. Official Army accounts link the 73 Easting/Norfolk fighting to incidents in which five American tanks and four Bradleys were destroyed, six U.S. soldiers were killed, and thirty were wounded; another Army history notes that friendly fire caused twenty-one of ninety-eight U.S. battle deaths in Desert Storm. Listeners learn why technology did not make the battlefield transparent and why speed must be governed by recognition, communication, and restraint. The episode handles the cost of victory with care and seriousness. For more military history writing and books, visit MilitaryAuthor.me, and for magazines, galleries, and a massive archive of military photos and video, visit Trackpads.com.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/wYewAYU5XIO9ylvaLCdOZIe8qSpr8fI4jfh__yALqu4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84MmNj/ZDA1NGQ1OGE3NTg0/NGVhMzRhMDBkN2Qy/MzM4Mi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}