Guess the tanks.

[GePap]

no, not Indian. This a slightly smaller, more Islamic state, that does NOT border India.

[Mao]

Could it be either the Iranian Tosan or the Zulfiqar? The Tosan's supposed to be a light tank, and that *might* be considered light. The Zulfiqar, OTOH, is supposedly a mutant made up for America M-48 and M-60 tanks with some T-72 thrown in...so it could pretty much look like anything...heh.

Oh, and I am cheating a little bit, as I've taken into account what the soldiers on the tank look like.

EDIT: Actually, it doesn't look too much like a light tank, let's go with Zulfiqar.

EDIT #2: It'd be nice if I didn't keep windows open so long, but now that I've seen GePap's hint, I'm pretty sure I'm right...eh? eh?

[GePap]

Yes, its the Zulfiqar.

Your up Mao.

[Straybow]

Looks like the old Persian flag on the turret.

[Mao]

I wouldn't expect this to be too hard I guess, pretty modern...

[IMG]C:\Documents and Settings\Chao Pan\Desktop\tank.jpg[/IMG]

[GePap]

T-54/55 or T-55.

[Mao]

Almost...

[klesh]

T-62, wait ... 63?

[Mao]

Eh...GP's closer I believe...

[Dinner]

The uniforms are American from the first gulf war so that must be a captured Iraqi tank. Soviet T-72? To lazy to look it up but it is certainly Soviet made.

[Nostromo]

The Lion of Babylon tank (Asad Babil) is an Iraqi-made main battle tank which is a version of the Soviet T-72 tank. They were built in a factory established in Iraq in the 1980s. They are equipped with additional armour at the front and rear as protection against missile attack.

The vehicle occasionally features laser range-finder technology, but this is the exception, rather than the rule. In all other respects, it is (at least physically) identical to the first model T-72. Nevertheless, the two differ considerably, both in the quality of construction and durability of materials used.

The Asad Babil was generally credited as being the most common tank in Iraqi service during the first Persian Gulf War (1990-91), but that "honor" goes, in fact, to the Type 69, produced in China. Much to the distress of Russian armaments designers, many of the failings of the Iraqi armies were blamed upon the T-72, with little note that the vehicle itself was an Iraqi copy of an export model, and nowhere near its Soviet counterpart in capability. Nevertheless, in the hands of competent crewmen, the Lion of Babylon can be a formidable weapon.

[Mao]

nostro's closer...

[Tattila the Hun]

Type 69?

[CerberusIV]

T54/55 based but with a 105mm gun. Probably an Iranian upgrade that the Iraqis got hold of - Safir-74 or type 72Z?

[Mao]

Tattila's on the right track.

Cerberus is close too...