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gilgoul
07-01-2010, 07:36 AM
I was preparing some tours in the Golan heights, and stumbled upon a few destroyed pieces of equipment put in tel es saki for the "decoration".
I was wondering if you could help me around with some stuff that I haven't ever seen before:

A D30 howitzer with French instructions

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm294/gilgoul/DSC_1239.jpg

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm294/gilgoul/DSC_1248.jpg

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm294/gilgoul/DSC_1239.jpg

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm294/gilgoul/DSC_1240.jpg

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm294/gilgoul/DSC_1241.jpg

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm294/gilgoul/DSC_1242.jpg

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm294/gilgoul/DSC_1245.jpg

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm294/gilgoul/DSC_1248.jpg

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm294/gilgoul/DSC_1250.jpg

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm294/gilgoul/DSC_1251.jpg

and an american looking utility truck, that utrns out to be eastern block

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm294/gilgoul/DSC_1248.jpg

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm294/gilgoul/DSC_1231.jpg

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm294/gilgoul/DSC_1233.jpg

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm294/gilgoul/DSC_1232.jpg

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm294/gilgoul/DSC_1235.jpg

Any help would be appreciated :)
Trael
07-01-2010, 08:00 AM
Track looks like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIL-130
lt tahoe
07-01-2010, 11:36 AM
There are several other countries that speak, or spoke, French and may have bought Russian weapons--most likely that D30 came from an African country. I don't have a copy of Jane's handy, but I'm sure you could cross-reference that.
LineDoggie
07-01-2010, 01:27 PM
Syria being a former French Mandate seems like a smart move for the Soviets to put instructions in French rather than Russian.
gilgoul
07-02-2010, 05:57 AM
Track looks like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIL-130

Thanks Trael, apparently a zil130 indeed.
gilgoul
07-02-2010, 06:00 AM
@ ittahoe and Linedogie

Very true, After all the Golan heights, Syria and Lebanon were part of the French Mandate to the Levant.
Still, those plates on an Eastern block piece are rather an oddity.

I'll try to figure it out a bit better.