To be more specific in answering your question @hienapunk, the amount actually built is somewhat murky. The prototypes seen in the photo shared above and those seen in my suggestion post were indeed built and tested, making this a legitimate tank. However, beyond that things get a bit less clear. Some sources state only about a hundred were built and put into service, while others state that two orders were placed, and yet further sources claim another third batch of tanks. What’s worse is that even further sources claim they were never put into service in the first place! I’m still struggling to piece this together, but since the prototypes were built, this can indeed be added, and I personally would give it to the USA, as it was designed and built by and in the USA for Egypt and basically converts the T-54/55 into an M60.
If you ever have the opportunity, check out the Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton, OH. It’s where the US Air Force’s national museum is, they’ve got the YF-23 and many more: https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/
As we’re now more than a thousand days into Machbet being the best AA in the tree, I once again come to the wishlist thread to cope beg for Spyder and / or HVSD-ADAMS.
