Does kafil was on purpose having appearance of merkava or was it just inspiration? Similar thing with Iranian magaches modified to look like abrams.
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That’s likely just a coincidence, but I suppose it is possible.
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always neat seeing one of my suggestions (in this case the Al-Fao) get mentioned in a TT suggestion
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ISU-152
Iraq reportedly had a small number of ISU-152s under the rule of Saddam Hussein, and at least one example was photographed as a wreck near Fallujah during or shortly after the 2003 invasion. The vehicle was destroyed by a powerful coalition munition, possibly an air-delivered weapon, which caused its ammunition to detonate and tore the armored casemate away from the hull. The precise model of the vehicle, its operational condition and the circumstances of its destruction remain uncertain. If the vehicle was genuinely employed by Iraqi forces during the conflict, this would represent the last known military use of the ISU-152.
Edit: The vehicle has been added to the tree.
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Big gun never gets old. There is also a joke with tanks is that they never get old they just rust away. You might not be able to slug it out with a modern MBT but there is always a job for you somewhere old ISU-152 can always do infantry support but one wonders if they made any changes to it.
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