Oddity for Russian/Iraqi armor folks...

I stumbled onto an interesting YouTube video channel where a crew in the Netherlands (MasterMilo82) purchased a wrecked Iraqi T69 (T55) and is working to restore it.

During the takedown they stumbled onto a switch in the driver's area MARKED IN ENGLISH: "press button when fighting compartment is on fire"
:-?

How did that get there?

Here's the link. Check 1:51 into the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6BbtBEdGJM&list=PLp6vnq1xFVaO0qZEtojHoLdf3D4zzg-k4&index=7

Any guesses?
The narrator may have explained it, in Dutch...

In any case - interesting...

It's a long time since I've clambered around inside a Type 69, but that and other ex-Iraqi vehicles I saw at the time had English-language placards.

Chinese export vehicles generally seem to have english-language placards - makes commercial and practical sense.

John

When my maintenance team recovered a Type 59 tank in Iraq, it used US style 12-series tank radios, AN/VRC-12.