Reply With QuoteOn the recoilless...it looks like an US M18/M20.
The first one on the roof is a M20 75mm RLR.
The second one on the street is an M18 57mm RLR.
Excellent tread ^^ Thanks for the photos!
On the recoilless...it looks like an US M18/M20.
The first one on the roof is a M20 75mm RLR.
The second one on the street is an M18 57mm RLR.
Syrian "Pink Panthers"..
Last edited by silentpartner; 04-30-2009 at 09:24 PM.
I was about to say that it was the pink panthers who wore those, beat me to it. They were an alawite pro-Syrian militia based up in Tripoli, only notable thing about them were those goofy uniforms.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Knights_Militia
there is already a thread on this with all these pictures and hundreds more i think the moderators should close this thread. and direct everything to the other thread on the civil war
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums...d.php?t=109321
Street of East Beirut following Syrian bombing. 1989
Fighter in West Beirut. 1976
Amal fighters (Shi'a Muslim militias) in Beirut. The city was divided by the main confrontation line known as the Green Line. 1980
Training of women fighters of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP). The PSP is related to the Druze religious community, who fought the Maronite Christian Phalangist militia, and later the Lebanese Forces.1984
Palestinian fighters in Damour playing chess. The city had been bombed by Israeli forces on April 21. 1982
A soldier takes aim behind a container during fighting between the Army, Lebanese Forces, and the Amal-Druze alliance on the Green Line demarcation zone in Beirut. 1984
A Shi'ite militant fighter displays human skulls in the Chiah region of Beirut. 1984
Lebanese Muslim combatants from the "Morabitoun Militia" near to the Palestinian refugee camp of Bourj El Barajneh. 1982
With each passing day, combats between Christian Phalangists and Muslims in the streets of Beirut become bloodier and bloodier. 1975
A woman aims an AK-47 rifle over a crumbling wall in West Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War. 1982
A cat runs to avoid a lebanese M48 tank on the Green Line (front line) in Beirut. 1982
Last edited by Zeev; 05-02-2009 at 08:32 PM.
The Achrafieh neighborhood in Beirut, devastated by the war, uses incinerated cars to form barricades. 1978
Young fighter of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (FPLP), in Nabatiye. 1982
That's definitely not an israeli tank; first of all, the Israelis received the M48A2C initially, while this is a M48A1, with the initial engine deck and 90mm gun; secondly, by 1982 all israeli M48s had been upgraded with a diesel engine and 105mm gun, plus Blazer ERA. Which means it is probably a Lebanese tank. I think someone posted pics of a M48A1 junkyard in the Lebanese Armed Forces thread.Originally Posted by Zeev
You are right. It's a Lebanese Army M48A1, the picture was taken in 1984.
And you can see an arabic license plate.
correct gents, I just quoted and didn't even noticed about the plates and all the other details. I found also strange to see a M48 in beirut, in my mind, only M60, Centurions and Merkavas saw action in lebannon.. of course I can be wrong.
post modified anyway.
Last edited by Zeev; 05-03-2009 at 07:27 AM.
great photos, brings back many memories. Nice to see someone doing a thread on the middle east with such a lot of emotional content while at the same time being non-partisan and apolitical.
great thread
M48s did see action in Lebanon, and Blazer ERA equipped examples were captured by the Syrians, one of which currently resides at Kubinka and at least another one in Damascus.
Funny thing is that the arabic script on the rear fender can also be read as the word "GASTON", at least that's what it resembles at a glance.
GREAT pica Zeev. Thanks!
ha ha haGREAT pica Zeev. Thanks!
nice one mate...
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