The T-55 tank remained the most common tank in the armies of the various Yugoslavian successor states until recently, and it was the most used tank by all armies during the decades-long wars. T-55s were also used by Yugoslavia in the Kosovo War and Macedonia (now North Macedonia ) during the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia and by Russian ...

T-55AM was a 1980s modernization of the basic T-55 tank. The 144 T-55AM tanks received Czechoslovak-produced "Kladivo" fire control system, thermal sleeve on gun, new mounting for 12,7mm HMG, a laser rangefinder, mounted over the …

The Olifant (Afrikaans for Elephant) is the primary main battle tank of South Africa. It was developed from the British Centurion tank since 1976. These tanks were heavily redesigned and rebuilt by South Africa since 1976 with some help from Israel. The Olifant is considered the best indigenous tank design on the African continent.

Improvements and adaptations made to the Libyan T-55’s. Personnel assigned to “E” Squadron were trained by South African tank crews, who also modified each T-55 with an improved communications system adopted from the South African Eland Mk7.

The T-54/T-55 tank series is the most widely used tank in the world and it has seen service in over 50 countries. It also served as the platform for a wide variety of specialty armored vehicles.[1][2] Abkhazia - A number of T-55s in service at …

Mar 1, 2016 · Extraordinary and very rare combat photograph of South Africans in combat during the South West African/Angolan Border War. Here a South African Ratel 90 takes out a FAPLA Soviet made T-54/55 tank during Operation Hooper. The Ratel had fired three heat rounds into the tank before it stopped.

The T-55 main battle tank (1959) was only superficially identical to the T54A, in fact it was a well-upgraded version, with better gun stabilization and NBC

In the corner of the Johannesburg Military Museum in South Africa, there is an inconspicuous exhibit—the T-55 tank. Perhaps many people will take it for granted that this is the spoils of the South African army in Angola or Namibia.

The T-55 MBT was widely exported to the Soviet Union and nation states. This has led to its use in various conflicts from Africa to the Middle East and within Asia. The T-55 was used by Arabs out of anger against Israel during the Six Day War in 1967 and the Yom Kippur War in 1973, and Israel contributed more than 1,000 capture systems to these ...

Oct 23, 2015 · The T-55 continued to serve in Africa, Asia, Afghanistan, and in Iraq. They were easily outclassed by the Coalition’s armor in the 1991 Gulf War. Summary: A further development of the mechanically unreliable T-44, itself derived from the T-34.