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2019-02-11 Arabia
Houthi forces destroy T-34 tank in new missile attack
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Posted by Fred 2019-02-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top
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#1 T-34???

Where are they finding this stuff?
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2019-02-11 02:20||   2019-02-11 02:20|| Front Page Top

#2 No rust problem in the desert
Posted by European Conservative 2019-02-11 03:33||   2019-02-11 03:33|| Front Page Top

#3 It could be a journo screw up. Or, more likely, Russians do not like to throw staff away with so many ways it can be used to cause mischief in "right" hands. And, they haven't discovered "planned obsolescence" until recently.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-02-11 03:39||   2019-02-11 03:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Not a screw up. Russian sources identify the tank as a T-34-85, and they should know.

As a matter of fact, the Russians probably delivered them to then Socialist Republic of Yemen.
Posted by European Conservative 2019-02-11 03:48||   2019-02-11 03:48|| Front Page Top

#5 ...There were some stories a year or two back - with pics that didn't seem to be faked - of WWII German gear, including a couple of vehicles, that popped up in Syria. More at:

https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2017/06/27/syrian-civil-war-wwii-weapons-used/

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2019-02-11 04:18||   2019-02-11 04:18|| Front Page Top

#6 The Organization for the Preservation of Historical Monuments will sue in 5...4...
Posted by Slats Criting3858 2019-02-11 09:32||   2019-02-11 09:32|| Front Page Top

#7 Yemen on paper has 200 of the things, but less than 20 are thought to be serviceable. Vietnam has the largest group of working T-34s still.
Posted by DarthVader 2019-02-11 10:17||   2019-02-11 10:17|| Front Page Top

#8 Saw a segment on a channel which prides itself on knowing firearms, about some sturmgewehr 44s showing up in Syria.

Didn't say whether they were era or recently manufactured; apparently the cartridge is still produced in Serbia.
Posted by swksvolFF 2019-02-11 11:23||   2019-02-11 11:23|| Front Page Top

#9 Why go with a sg44 when AK varieties are so cheap and plentiful?
Posted by Spot 2019-02-11 14:51||   2019-02-11 14:51|| Front Page Top

#10 Dunno. Looking up if anyone still manufactured 7.92x33 wiki states,

"...still in use by some within the Lebanese Forces militia, Djibouti and Pakistan [19] as well as irregular forces in some countries in the Horn of Africa and the Middle East, where captured German arms were distributed as military aid by Eastern Bloc countries as well as Yugoslavia."

Best weapon available in a fight I guess.
Posted by swksvolFF 2019-02-11 16:41||   2019-02-11 16:41|| Front Page Top

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