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Iraqi armor battled Coalition forces with Soviet-built T-72
and Chinese-built T-55 & T-59 tanks. Above, Iraqi T-72
tank was hit in mid section, resulting
explosion blew open the engine cover and ajar the turret. Reddish
brown color is burnt annealed metal, black color is soot from fuel and rubber stains. Type 59 tank - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_59
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Iraqi armor traveling in daytime was extremely vulnerable to marauding Coalition air power. Even travel by night is dangerous due to allied night vision technology. Which ever the case, this T-72 was caught in the open and destroyed. T-72 Tank - www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/t-72.htm
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Rollover
: Destroyed Abrams being placed on recovery flatbed, note the flatbed itself has one blown tire and a bent axle. Four M1s were destroyed in close quarter combat with Iraqi forces.
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War - Desert Storm ( ISBN: 0-89747-216-6 )
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