Post AAMc0zyJmDKcWsMJdI by jackanapesm8@fosstodon.org
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 (DIR) Post #AAKIYLac2LjZjRyXjc by sullybiker@sully.site
       2021-08-14T20:05:51Z
       
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       Battlefield Vegas have the only running T-62 main battle tank in America. They restored it from parts of an Iraqi T-62 they also bought. It runs and the main gun goes bang too...https://youtu.be/i0kGf-qwbhE
       
 (DIR) Post #AAKIggzeLFxCQofL2O by sullybiker@sully.site
       2021-08-14T20:07:23Z
       
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       This example was built in 1972, so very late and bought direct from The USSR by the Syrian Army. It was captured (damaged, according to Battlefield Vegas) by the IDF in the 80s and brought over to the USA.
       
 (DIR) Post #AAKIm6SH6Su0qbdQfI by sullybiker@sully.site
       2021-08-14T20:08:21Z
       
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       They took the smoothbore 115mm cannon from the Iraqi tank as the original was ruined by an airburst shell from its war days.
       
 (DIR) Post #AAMc0zyJmDKcWsMJdI by jackanapesm8@fosstodon.org
       2021-08-15T22:53:22Z
       
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       @sullybiker lucky bastards
       
 (DIR) Post #AAN33DikKLt0VoMKuG by sullybiker@sully.site
       2021-08-16T03:56:18Z
       
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       @jackanapesm8 I'm amazed they're allowed to shoot it. It's pretty cool, very few of those around despite how prolific they are (> 20K made!) in certain countries. A real piece of history. The last real low-tech tank.