Remembering The 51 Day Standoff In Waco, Texas – 25 Years Later

Patrolling Around The Compound

With no luck, they tried a new strategy to draw out the Branch Davidians. Outside of the compound, they had nine Bradley Fighting Vehicles and five M728 Combat Engineer Vehicles begin patrolling the area. These vehicles also went around destroying the perimeter fencing, outside buildings, and crushing the cars of the Branch Davidians. They also repeatedly drove over the grave of Branch Davidian Peter Gent against the protests by the Branch Davidians as well as the FBI negotiators. They also went about cutting off all of the water and electricity to the compound, which forced those inside to rely on stocked up rainwater and military MRE rations.