Israeli tank from the 1982 Battle of Sultan Yacoub in the First Lebanon War seen on display at a Moscow museum. (Courtesy GPO)
Posted on 05/29/2016 9:47:21 PM PDT by Trumpinator
Russia to Return Israeli Tank Captured by Syria in the First Lebanon War
The tank, from the Battle of Sultan Yacoub, has added meaning as a physical vestige of the fight in which three Israel soldiers went missing in action, never to be found.
Barak Ravid May 29, 2016 3:56 PM
Just days before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaves for Moscow, where he and Russian President Vladimir Putin will mark the 25th anniversary of the renewal of diplomatic relations between the leaders' two countries, the Prime Minister's Office has announced that Russia will return an Israeli tank that was been captured on June 11, 1982, in Lebanon in the battle of Sultan Yacoub during the first Lebanon War. The tank was one of two that were captured by the Syrians in the battle, which was fought in the Bekaa Valley between the Israel Defense Forces and the Syrian army. The two tanks were transferred to Damascus, but sometime later, the Syrians gave one of the tanks to the Russian army, after which it found its way to a tank museum in the Moscow area.
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Paywall, it looks like. Does it say what tank it is?
http://www.timesofisrael.com/putin-agrees-to-return-israeli-tank-captured-in-lebanon-war/
Putin agrees to return Israeli tank captured in Lebanon War
Russia to deliver Magach-3 tank, seized along with 3 IDF soldiers during bloody 1982 Battle of Sultan Yacoub
Israeli tank from the 1982 Battle of Sultan Yacoub in the First Lebanon War seen on display at a Moscow museum. (Courtesy GPO)
Thank you.
Reactive armor on the turret and glacis?
Looks like.
My pleasure.
Looks like an M-48 given the curved front.
Probably transferred from Germany when JFK and the German chancellor did an end around of German law prohibiting military sales
It is an upgraded M-48. The Magach 3 is the equivalent of an M-48A3.
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