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From: brownp@cs.unc.edu (Peter Brown)
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Subject: Re: Armored Gun System
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Date: 26 Mar 91 03:16:27 GMT
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From: brownp@cs.unc.edu (Peter Brown)
   
davecb@nexus.yorku.ca (David Collier-Brown) asked for an ID of the
armored vehicle on pages 28-29 of the March 18th _Newsweek_.
davisp@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (Palmer Davis) suggested an MT-LB.

I am pretty sure that the vehicle is an ex-T-62.  For the ex part,
note the scorch marks to the right of the soldier (of course, if I'm
right about the T-62, the absent turret is another subtle hint).
Remember, since we're only seeing one end of the vehicle (and a little
of the left side), much of the rest could be a jumble of scrap steel
without it showing in the photo.

For the T-62 part, compare the photo of a live Iraqi T-62 in the
pullout ("Saddam's War Machine") between pages 42 and 43 of the
February 18th _Newsweek_; the hulls are (as far as I can see)
identical.  I don't see enough room between the top of the tracks and
the top of the hull for it to be an MT-LB (although I'm using the
picture of the ZSU-23-4 on the aforementioned pullout for that
judgement, so it's possible I'm full of some appropriate untruthful
substance).  It is also possible, of course, that the Soviets used the
T-62 chassis for other vehicles (I don't know); if so, this could be
one such.

Hope that helps,

--Peter Brown
(brownp@cs.unc.edu)