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2008-08-19 Iraq

M1A1 used tank salesman let's Iraqis kick the treads

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-08-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Gee, maybe get some of those T-72s like the Iranians have. They're sooo much better. BTW, whatever happened to all your old T-72s?

They still can't get the old ways out of their blood.

Posted by gorb 2008-08-19 04:15|| 2008-08-19 04:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Perhaps they are hoping for a 2 for 1 deal on some German Leopard Mark II's ..

Crazy fools. Lets look at their neighbours (approx values):

Iran 110 T-54/55, 220 PRC Type-59, 150 T-62, 200 T-72, 250 Chieftan Mk 3/5, 150 M-47/-48, 160 M-60A1, 200 PRC Type-69 , approx - all in bad shape .

Turkey 75 M-47, 2,876 M-48, 932 M-60, 397 Leopard

Saudi Arabia 315 M-1A2 Abrams, 290 AMX-30, 450 M-60A3

Syria 2100 T-54/-55, 1,000 T-62, 1,500 T-72

Kuwait 150 M-84, 48 M1-A2, 17 Chieftan

Posted by Mad Eye 2008-08-19 05:51|| 2008-08-19 05:51|| Front Page Top

#3 You'd think they'd be all over the stuff that sunk them twice. Maybe they're afraid of the maintenance.
T-72s probably don't require anywhere near the time and money to keep them rolling.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-08-19 09:00|| 2008-08-19 09:00|| Front Page Top

#4 I would have considered the South Korean knock off of the Abrams, K1A1. Should get a good deal either direct cash or oil transfer, not just for the equipment but for support as well. And with those 'low rider' hydraulics, haul down will be a little easier in the wide open areas :)

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-08-19 09:32|| 2008-08-19 09:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Okay, that took me a minute, but I get it.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-08-19 11:09|| 2008-08-19 11:09|| Front Page Top

#6 No wonder the Ruskies are pissed. They used to have a lock on the Iraq market.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-08-19 12:24|| 2008-08-19 12:24|| Front Page Top

#7 My gawd this is awesome news!

Gen. Charles Luckey, so that's where he ended up. Toothy smiles and flashing eyes ain't gonna work on him.

Posted by .5MT 2008-08-19 15:24|| 2008-08-19 15:24|| Front Page Top

#8 Many middle-eastern countries, including Turkey, use variants of the M-1, sometimes the one from S. Korea, with the turbine replaced by a diesel engine.

If we did this ourselves it would make cooperation between the tank and supporting infantry in an urban environment a lot easier.

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2008-08-19 15:47|| 2008-08-19 15:47|| Front Page Top

#9 And although the general is kinda in haggling mode, there is an underlying point.

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2008-08-19 15:48|| 2008-08-19 15:48|| Front Page Top

#10 If they buy Chinese or Russian tanks, they get baksheesh. Hard to beat that kind of deal.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2008-08-19 16:06|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2008-08-19 16:06|| Front Page Top

#11 "Does it come with crush control?"

Posted by mojo">mojo 2008-08-19 17:30|| 2008-08-19 17:30|| Front Page Top

#12 damn, half...ya sucked me in on your empty promises. I miss the original Lucky, just like .com, and TGA, and....

this "venerable" site isn't old enuf to have so many lost in battle, so to speak. I turn 49 next month and it makes me feel my mortality...shit

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-08-19 23:09|| 2008-08-19 23:09|| Front Page Top

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