Egyptian tanks?

[jwb3]

What sorts of tanks are the Egyptians using these days? I see them in the news reports on the chaos there and have no idea...

For that matter, I have no idea what tanks the Russians and former SSRs are using either. Anyone?


Thanks,
John

[Nadir_E]

The photos -I've- seen so far are of US-made M60A3 Patton tanks and M113 Armored Personnel Carriers - both part of the US aid program to Egypt since the peace treaty with Israel was signed (before that they were predominantly armed with Warsaw Pact weaponry). A (downgraded?) version of the M1A1 Abrams is also manufactured in Egypt under license, but I haven't seen them in any current photos.

-N

[PaKfront]

I know it is Wiki but look at this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_..._Egyptian_Army

[MarkDV]

I know it is Wiki but look at this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_..._Egyptian_Army

Ok, so it is WIKI....still, we let the Egyptians make M1 tanks? What were we thinking?.....

Mark DV
Ada, MI

[Fort]

Yeah, they have Abrams, I actually saw one on the news in the middle of a crowd this morning.

[footsteps]

A bit of both:

egypt tanks.jpg

['Ol Fezziwig]

Ok, so it is WIKI....still, we let the Egyptians make M1 tanks? What were we thinking?.....

Mark DV
Ada, MI

Capitalism is good?

[JRKrejsa]

Yeah, they have Abrams, I actually saw one on the news in the middle of a crowd this morning.

We are giving them to the Iraqis too. I've seen them on the news and in person on a railroad siding, complete with Iraqi markings.

[wrongway149]

Ok, so it is WIKI....still, we let the Egyptians make M1 tanks? What were we thinking?.....

That the very concept of the tanks is approaching obsolesence?

[Redwolf]

That the very concept of the tanks is approaching obsolesence?

Tell that to the Merkava crews when a new United Arab Republic (Egypt+Syria) under a Muslim Brotherhood rolls their M1s in.