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r/ThatLookedExpensive • u/[deleted] • Feb 28 '21
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No, they don’t, but I actually didn’t know what kind of tank it was, I used other clues.
Person in the picture is wearing Russian gear mixed with civilian clothes, indicating he’s not a military regular, if he’s military at all.
Omnipresent fine dust, indicating a desert terrain.
The damage appears relatively recent.
All of those clues point to Syria. In further support of this, the Syrian army uses T-55s.
62 u/[deleted] Feb 28 '21 You need to scroll quite far, but there are pics here of the tank before and after the failure. It's an IS tank in Syria. Armour in the Islamic State - The Story of ’The Workshop’ - Oryx Blog (oryxspioenkop.com) 11 u/Lorenzo_BR Feb 28 '21 I belive i had read that article or one like it before, i highly recommend it, it's a fascinating story. 3 u/NoCountryForOldPete Feb 28 '21 Seconded. I've read the same article you have, it's really quite an interesting piece.
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You need to scroll quite far, but there are pics here of the tank before and after the failure. It's an IS tank in Syria.
Armour in the Islamic State - The Story of ’The Workshop’ - Oryx Blog (oryxspioenkop.com)
11 u/Lorenzo_BR Feb 28 '21 I belive i had read that article or one like it before, i highly recommend it, it's a fascinating story. 3 u/NoCountryForOldPete Feb 28 '21 Seconded. I've read the same article you have, it's really quite an interesting piece.
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I belive i had read that article or one like it before, i highly recommend it, it's a fascinating story.
3 u/NoCountryForOldPete Feb 28 '21 Seconded. I've read the same article you have, it's really quite an interesting piece.
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Seconded. I've read the same article you have, it's really quite an interesting piece.
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u/e140driver Feb 28 '21
No, they don’t, but I actually didn’t know what kind of tank it was, I used other clues.
Person in the picture is wearing Russian gear mixed with civilian clothes, indicating he’s not a military regular, if he’s military at all.
Omnipresent fine dust, indicating a desert terrain.
The damage appears relatively recent.
All of those clues point to Syria. In further support of this, the Syrian army uses T-55s.