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Old March 26th, 2007, 11:04 AM
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Default Re: Question re USSR in Afghanistan

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DRG said:It is more than just slightly possible that the person who wrote that caption has no real knowledge of what tank that is and the photo is so poor it's no wonder. There are numerous examples in books on WW2 where Pz IV specials are labeled "Tigers"
Huh, you're right, Don, my bad, I should have checked the pic better before talking...

The side skirts (and fuel tanks and exhaust) on the first vehicle on this pic look slightly more T-72-like, but just everything else hints at an engineering vehicle, then probably T-55-based by that timeframe.
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