To: PapaBear3625
Turkey needs a lot of that armor elsewhere — like on the border with Russia. In addition, much of the Turkish armor is out of date — M60’s & M48’s. They only have around 400 Leopard 2A4’s. Bet you know where they are stationed (not Syria).
17 posted on
06/29/2012 6:36:43 AM PDT by
Tallguy
(It's all 'Fun and Games' until somebody loses an eye!)
To: Tallguy
Although as with the F-4 Phantoms Turkey uses these M-48s and 60s have been upgraded with Israeli help.
19 posted on
06/29/2012 6:51:11 AM PDT by
C19fan
To: Tallguy
The big question will be: how many Syrian soldiers are going to want to fight Turkey in order to keep the Assad regime in power?
20 posted on
06/29/2012 6:53:42 AM PDT by
PapaBear3625
(If I can't be persuasive, I at least hope to be fun.)
To: Tallguy
170 of those M60 tanks are M60T or
Sabras. These have Steel laminate armour, 120mm main gun, a new suspension, and new fire control. These are thoroughly modern tanks and are far superior to most Syrian weapons. Syria does have 320 Russian T-80 tanks and 10 T-84s.
54 posted on
06/29/2012 11:34:35 AM PDT by
rmlew
("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
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