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M48A5T2 in Syria
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Posted: Friday, April 06, 2018 - 09:37 AM UTC
I noticed that the Turkish Army used some M48A5T2 with mineplows
in Syria. Is the plow a domestic development? What`s the name of the device?
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Posted: Friday, April 06, 2018 - 03:34 PM UTC
Any photos that you can share?
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Posted: Friday, April 06, 2018 - 04:00 PM UTC
Here

https://www.gettyimages.de/fotos/operation-olivenzweig?phrase=operation%20olivenzweig&sort=mostpopular#license
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Posted: Friday, April 06, 2018 - 04:20 PM UTC
No M48s among those photos...
Removed by original poster on 04/07/18 - 11:54:55 (GMT).
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Posted: Friday, April 06, 2018 - 05:27 PM UTC
The center top picture is the Turkish M48A5T2 with mine plow. No idea on where the plow comes form though.
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Posted: Friday, April 06, 2018 - 06:18 PM UTC
I get 4 pages of photos, the center top photos on the first page shows some F-16s, the second page is full of funeral photos, the third page shows mostly Firtina SPHs and the fourth page Leopard 2A4s.

Am I missing something?
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Posted: Friday, April 06, 2018 - 06:48 PM UTC
page four has more photos of the M48.
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Posted: Friday, April 06, 2018 - 07:08 PM UTC
I cleaned my browser's history and cookies and now I see the photos you are reffering too.

These are propably M48A5T1s (no wind sensor and M60A3 gunner's sight).

The mine plough must be a Turkish industry product.
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Posted: Friday, April 06, 2018 - 07:16 PM UTC
Looks like the used the mounting for the dozer blade and attached the plows or rakes.
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Posted: Friday, April 06, 2018 - 11:44 PM UTC
Is this the picture that can be seen on the Getty website (can't see any pics there ) ?



If so here's a hi-res version :

http://icdn.posta.com.tr/images/original/2018/03/09/8627000.jpg

Rear of the same tank :

http://icdn.posta.com.tr/images/original/2018/03/09/8627002.jpg

I guess this could be a close-up of the mounting brackets :



H.P.
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Posted: Friday, April 06, 2018 - 11:52 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Is this the picture that can be seen on the Getty website (can't see any pics there )

H.P.


I had the same problem. It must have something to do with the search engine link, since it sometimes shows 6 pages of results and sometimes 4.

Nice photo, it is indeed the plough in the getty photos
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