"FBI agent R.Craig told jurors that military vehicles used by the F.B.I.
in the Branch Davidian operation included seven Bradley armored
personnel carriers, four 54-ton combat engineering vehicles,
two M-1 Abrams battle tanks, and tracked recovery vehicle."
.. those vehicles were manned by (ATF) agents who had received training
from US Special Forces personnel at Fort Bragg, NC.
This was done to get around the prohibition of US military forces
beng involved in police actions in the US.
Add to that the UH-1s and OH58s buzzing the Compound.
Army officers Colonel Gerald Boykin, and his superior,
Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, the head of Special Forces at Fort Bragg,
did meet with Janet Reno, where they agreed to provide and have
present, personnel to deliver tactical assistance to FBI.
