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The Israelis And The T-72 In 1982 - Another Look


Jim Warford

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15 hours ago, bojan said:

Story that sometimes appear that they had T-72A in 1982. (or got it immediately after) is a case of mixing USSR and western designations, "T-72A" being only western designation for a base model T-72 with optical rangefinder.

May have been used unofficially by some unofficial western sources...but not officially to be sure.  

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Story that sometimes appear that they had T-72A in 1982. (or got it immediately after) is a case of mixing USSR and western designations, "T-72A" being only western designation for a base model T-72 with optical rangefinder.

I also remember reading that Syria got T-72AV from USSR in exchange (in gratitude) for M48 with M111 ammunition, but there is no evidence.

A few years UralVagonZavod published a book with a list of T-72 clients, maybe the table has been uploaded here, but I cannot find it now.

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  • 3 weeks later...

Here's a video showing the return of Kubinka's Magach 3 to Prime Minister Netanyahu in June 2016 during a ceremony at Kubinka. As it turns out, this Magach 3 is one of the IDF tanks captured by Syrian forces at Sultan Yacoub, but it's not the exact tank Israeli officials were looking for...but reportedly, it still provided some closure for Israeli MIA organizations. In return, the IDF sent a replacement Magach 3 back to Russia and it's the Magach 3 currently on display in the museum.  

 

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1 hour ago, Stefan Kotsch said:

It is always admirable how loveless even the optics are sprayed with paint.

Someone called it "museum disease" :)

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