Retired Army Major, Mark Smith, legendary recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross, who personally destroyed a Russian T-54 tank in Vietnam in a man vs. tank duel at close range. Major Smith calls into the show from Thailand and lays out the vulnerability of Russian armor, with plain spoken advice for the Ukrainian defenders. Former Congressmen Duncan L. Hunter and Duncan D. Hunter take apart the Ukrainian War and the problem of stopping Russian tanks.

About Major Mark A. Smith from veterantributes.org:
Mark Smith was born in 1946 in Lima, Ohio. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on February 10, 1964, and after completing basic training at Fort Ord, California, and Wheeled Vehicle Maintenance training, he was assigned to the 85th Ordnance Battalion in West Germany from May 1964 to August 1965, during which time he completed jump school in Germany. Sgt Smith returned to the U.S. in August 1965, and participated in the Occupation of the Dominican Republic before deploying to Southeast Asia with 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division in December 1965. After being wounded, he was hospitalized in Japan for several months, and then returned to South Vietnam where he served with 2nd Battalion of the 28th Infantry Regiment from June 1966 until returning to the U.S. in May 1968. On February 22, 1968, SSG Smith was given a battlefield commission to 2nd Lt. Lt Smith then attended the Infantry Officer Basic Course at Fort Benning, Georgia, from May to July 1968, followed by service as an instructor with the U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning from August to October 1968. He attended the Military Assistance Training Advisors course with the U.S. Army Special Warfare School at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, from October to November 1968, and then completed Vietnamese language training at Fort Bliss, Texas, from December 1968 to January 1969. His next assignment was as an advisor with U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam from February to December 1969, followed by service as commander of a counterinsurgency unit with the 506th Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division from December 1969 to September 1970. Capt Smith served as an instructor in the Ranger Department at Fort Benning from October 1970 to September 1971, and then returned to South Vietnam where he served as an advisor with Military Assistance Command Vietnam from November 1971 until he was captured and taken as a Prisoner of War during the Battle of Loc Ninh on April 7, 1972. After spending 312 days in captivity in Cambodia, Capt Smith was released during Operation Homecoming on February 12, 1973. He was briefly hospitalized to recover from his injuries, and then served as Battalion S-3 (Air) for 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Infantry Division in South Korea from September 1973 to October 1974, followed by service as a Refugee Coordinator at Fort MacArthur, California, from November 1974 to July 1975. After completing Pathfinder School and the Infantry Officer Advanced Course at Fort Benning, Capt Smith served as Executive Officer and then Company Commander of Company B, 1st Battalion of the 7th Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg from August 1976 to July 1978. His next assignment was as a Psychological Operations Officer with the 7th Special Forces Group from July 1978 to March 1979, followed by service as a Training Officer and Reserve Special Forces Evaluator with Headquarters 6th Army at the Presidio of San Francisco, California, from May 1979 to July 1981. Maj Smith's final assignment was as Commander of the U.S. Army Special Forces Detachment in South Korea from July 1981 until his retirement from the Army on June 1, 1985.