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ID these vehicles used in Libya?
Hisham
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Posted: Saturday, June 11, 2016 - 02:27 AM UTC
Can anyone tell me what these vehicles are? I don't believe I've seen them before.. Is the tank a type of a Leopard?





Hisham
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Posted: Saturday, June 11, 2016 - 02:36 AM UTC
Don't know about the wheeled vehicles but the tracked vehicle looks like a Leopard hull with a SP Howitzer turret...maybe a 155 mm Gun? just guessing...never saw either one before.

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Posted: Saturday, June 11, 2016 - 02:41 AM UTC
Trucks look like a Terradyne Gurkha? The stepped fenders are simular.
Wikipedia says Libya operates them.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terradyne_Armored_Vehicles_Gurkha
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Posted: Saturday, June 11, 2016 - 02:43 AM UTC
I think the latter is a Palmaria - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmaria_(artillery)

That uses a chassis that was designed up from the Leopard 1 via the OF-40
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Posted: Saturday, June 11, 2016 - 03:05 AM UTC
Hi Hisham

The Egyptian police uses Gurkhas as well

https://milinme.wordpress.com/category/gurkha/

I guess the picture you've posted shows a turret-fitted RPV (Rapid Patrol Vehicle)variant :



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Hisham
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Posted: Saturday, June 11, 2016 - 03:52 AM UTC
Thanks for the ID, guys.

I'm surprised our police use the Gurkha, I've never seen them on the streets here... maybe they only use them in Sinai.

Hisham
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Posted: Saturday, June 11, 2016 - 05:18 AM UTC
It is a Palmaria,there was some being used just the other day in combat near Sirte,Libya against ISIS.
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