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Armor/AFV: IDF [Israeli Defense Forces]
Armor and AFVs of the IDF army from 1947-today.
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Tiran 5 Yom Kippur War
gibbo
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Posted: Sunday, February 16, 2014 - 11:27 PM UTC
Hi all,

Were any Tiran 5 used in the 1973 Yom Kippur War? I’m planning to use the DEF models new conversion set for the Tamiya Tiran 5 to back date it to a 1973 Tiran..

http://defmodel.com/

I know the Tiran 4 were used. But I cannot find any reference or pictures to confirm the Tiran 5 was used.

Cheers,

Gibbo
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Posted: Thursday, February 20, 2014 - 07:11 AM UTC
All I can tell you is that the modified British Centurion and a modified US M60 Patton., they were the MBT of the IDF in 1973 and the only soviet armor being used was being blown a part or captured,it was captured egyptian armor (AKA) Soviet T-55 ect...
Cam
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Posted: Thursday, February 20, 2014 - 08:10 AM UTC
The background Information sheet with the Tamiya Tiran 5 states that they were first used in 69, with the first large scale combat being with the Yoel Brigade against the Egyptians during the Yom Kippur War
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Posted: Thursday, February 20, 2014 - 09:33 AM UTC
Hi
Rough figures idf had 150 tirans in 73 ,all originally captured in 67, over 100 were t54 based tiran 4 rest tiran5. They were there just not as common.
galden
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Posted: Saturday, April 05, 2014 - 01:35 PM UTC
Sir: In the Sinai, not up on the Golan.


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