Abteilung 502 T-54/5 to IDF Tiran 4/5 The Birth of a Bastard Tank

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AUTHORMa'or Levy
BINDINGSoftback
NO OF PAGES88
ILLUSTRATIONSColour, B&W Photos.
ISBN8435568305946
PRODUCT CODE05946MIL
PUBLISHERAbteilung 502
LANGUAGEEnglish

In the Six Day War, some 860 enemy tanks were captured by the IDF, including some 280 T-54/5 tanks. Within a few years, 146 of them were introduced into service as Tiran 4/5. This book tells their story, a story of the only army that introduced a great number of enemy tanks into prolonged service. The Tiran tank did not really suit the IDFÕs needs. It was in many ways a bastard tank. However, the IDF creatively tried to take advantage of all that it had to offer. It was used like no other tankÑas a low-grade ÒbonusÓ reserve tank unit for wartime, as a mine-clearing tank, as a unique tool for special operations, and as an artillery cannon designated for destroying SA-3 anti-air missile batteries. After many alterations, the tanks were eventually incorporated in a Tiran 4/5 brigade, as part of a special tactical task force designed to conduct an armoured manouver in the Egyptian flank.

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