Waco Siege - Equipment and Manpower

Equipment and Manpower

The ATF knew that the Branch Davidians had a pair .50 caliber rifles, so they asked for Bradley armored vehicles, which could resist that caliber. During the siege, Koresh said that he had weapons bigger than .50 rifles and that he could destroy the Bradleys, so they were supplemented with two M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks and five M728 Combat Engineer Vehicles.

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