It wasn't dropped into the lap of an active Death Cult though, was it?
No, not so much. Although the Syrian army was using old German Pz IVs as late as 1956. If our stuff went to any cults, it was to cargo cults out in the Pacific.
We still have cargo cults in the United States today. They are called unions. Their members attend services Friday nights at shabby old union halls outside of closed factories. They drink their beers and eat greasy foods, convinced that some day the factory will reopen and the old jobs will come back. It’s very sad, the cargo cult.