The desert sand caused technical problems for the Brits. their Lynx helicopters had to be fitted with sand filters, the average life of a Lynx engine without sand filters was about ten hours, with a filter about 100 hrs. Normal life in Europe was 1200 hrs. The power packs of the Challenger tanks [ engine & gearbox] were expected to fail on average one power pack every time the fleet moved 5 km's. 7th brigade's tanks were restricted to 15 km's / week to conserve them for war. All the Warrior APC's had to be halted for mods. to their engines , to stop sand- ingestion. The wheeled vehicles had to be replaced by M453 tracked vehicles from the US Army, the wheeled vehicles would transport as far as they could before transferring the load to a tracked vehicle. All these problems were sorted satisfactorily by time for the main assault.
From the Book, " Storm Command " by General Sir Peter De La Billiere.
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