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International, Technology

Remember the time the Serbs captured a NATO tank? Or, how your garage becomes a “weapon storage site”!

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In 1995(July?), ethnic Serb forces (Army of Republika Srpska) captured several NATO-Netherlands (Royal Netherland Army) armored personnel carriers, which were ‘in-country’ under a United Nations operation.  Of course, the Western-NATO news media reported that they were “stolen”.

A tow bar is attached to the AWOL YPR-765, and then to a M88A1 Hercules. U.S. Army (USA) photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 12MAR1997.

USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 12MAR1997.

Two years later, in March 1997, NATO-United States forces made a true ‘barn-find’ when they discovered the ‘AWOL’ (Absent With Out Leave) YPR-765 (a variant of the M113) in a barn/garage in Bosnia & Herzegovina.  Of course, the U.S. military referred to the barn/garage as a “weapon storage site”.

USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 12MAR1997.

USA M88A1 Recovery Vehicle tows the AWOL YPR-765 APC out of a “weapon storage site” in Karakaj, Bosnia-Herzegovina. USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 12MAR1997.

The U.S. Army (USA) press release also stated they were “confiscating” the YPR-765, referring to it as a Serb Army weapon, and adding that it made multiple confiscations in the first few months of the start of the SFor (Stabilization Force) mission.

The YPR-765 was towed to Camp Dobol, while soldiers with the Bosnian-Serb army watch helplessly. USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 12MAR1997.

Inside the YPR-765 was found a M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun, and cans of 50-cal ammo. USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 12MAR1997.

The USA press releases also contradicted themselves when giving the location, sometimes saying it was Karakaj, sometimes saying it was Zvornik.  Zvornik is a city in the Republika Srpska area of Bosnia and Herzegovina.  Karakaj is a town north of Zvornik.

Soldiers from NATO-Luxembourg inspect the ammunition, which was destroyed under SFor rules. USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 17MAR1997.

The YPR-765 is about to be pulled onto a flatbed trailer. USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 17MAR1997.

The YPR-765 will be hauled to the Dutch (Netherlands) Sector of Bosnia-Herzegovina. USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 17MAR1997.

USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 17MAR1997.

USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 17MAR1997.

On its way. USA photo by Sergeant Angel Clemons, 17MAR1997.

Some of the other captured YPR-765s were transferred to Serbia.

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Technology

Vehicle I-D: Egyptian Armor درع المصري

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Egyptian Ministry of Defense video report from October 2021, showing M60A3, BTR-50, ZSU-23-4, and other weapon systems:

Egyptian Ministry of Defense promotional video showing artillery systems, including the M109, MLRS and ZSU-23-4, October 2021:

In 2020, Egypt agreed to buy 5-hundred of the Russian T-90MS.

Music video report, wargame Qadir 2020:

Fahd armored car, June 2019.

Egyptian Ministry of Defense video report from November 2019, air defense artillery (ADA), including ZSU-23-4 and other tracked ADA vehicles:

Exercise Bright Star 2018, U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Matthew Keeler.

Egyptian Army M1A1 Abrams during Exercise Bright Star 2018, Mississippi National Guard photo by Specialist Jovi Prevot.

M113, U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Matthew Keeler, 13SEP2018.

USAF video by Staff Sergeant John Raven, Egyptian M1A1 live fire at the end of Bright Star 2017:

YPR-765 used during the anti-terrorist action on the Sinai Peninsula, 2013.

YPR-765 guarding the border with Gaza, August 2012.

M60A1 during 2012 uprisings.

Egyptian BTR-50, 12OCT2009. Photo by U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Matt Epright.

Egyptian M109 Self Propelled Howitzer, 15SEP2005, photo by U.S. Army Sergeant Alejandro Licea.

An M113 ‘medic track’, 15SEP2005, photo by U.S. Army Sergeant Alejandro Licea.

An Egyptian Fahd with a BMP-2 turret (Fahd 240), late 1990s, NATO SFOR (Stabilization Force) in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Fahd armored car about to be sent to Liberia for ‘peacekeeping’ duty. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Paul R. Caron, 23FEB1997.

Egyptian Army M60A1, USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Jeffrey T. Brady, 18NOV1993.

The 105mm main gun of this M60A1 has been blown out-of-battery. Notice the damage at the end of the barrel, the missing search light, and the position of the bore evacuator! USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Jeffrey T. Brady, 18NOV1993.

Photo by Staff Sergeant Greg Suhay, 01NOV1993.

This is a U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant H. H. Deffner, showing Egyptian 3rd Armored Brigade’s M60s demonstrating their smoke grenade launchers, apparently in Saudi Arabia. The problem with the rest of the info is that it says it is during Operation Desert Shield, but gives the date as May 1992. Desert Shield ended on 17JAN1991!

Another USAF photo by Technical Sergeant H. H. Deffner, with another incorrect date for Desert Shield; ‘September 1991’. Desert Shield was from August 1990 to 17JAN1991.

Decontaminating an Egyptian M109 155mm self-propelled howitzer, December 1990, Operation Desert Shield. USAF photo credited to Technical Sergeant H. H. Deffner.

Silent U.S. Army video, by Sergeant First Class Jacobs, of U.S. troops checking out an Egyptian BTR-50, during the first Bright Star wargame, November 1980:

Helicopters: EGYPT مصر

International, Technology

Vehicle I-D: Jordanian Shield اردني درع

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Al Hussein (aka Challenger 1 FV4030/4) and AH-1S/F Cobra. Photo via Jordanian Armed Forces.

German made Marder 1A3 Infantry Fighting Vehicle. Photo via Jordanian Armed Forces.

Marder 1A3, photo via Jordanian Armed Forces.

South African made Ratel, on UN ‘peacekeeping’ duty. Photo via Jordanian Armed Forces.

Jordanian Armed Forces promotional video, November 2021:

Photo via Royal Hashemite Court.

Jordan’s King Abdullah the Second, and His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein, inspect one of at least 80 ‘donated’ (from United Arab Emirates) French-made Leclerc tanks, October 2020.

Photo via Royal Hashemite Court.

Old U.S. made M60A3 tanks during wargames, October 2020.

Official Royal Hashemite Court video:

USA photo by Sergeant First Class Kenneth Upsall.

A U.S. Army Staff Sergeant finds out what it is like driving a Jordanian Challenger-1, called Al Hussein (الحسين), January 2017.

U.S. Army photo by Sergeant First Class Kenneth Upsall, 08JAN2017.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sergeant Vitaliy Rusavskiy, 17MAY2017.

Jordanian M113A2MK-1J mingling with U.S. Marine Corps  Amphibious Assault Vehicle-P7/A1, May 2017.

USMC photo by Corporal Jessica Y. Lucio, 17MAY2017.

USA photo by Sergeant Youtoy Martin, 17JAN2016.

M113A2MK-1J, January 2016.  Video report, U.S. Army trains with Jordanian M113A2 unit, January 2016:

Al Hussein, aka Challenger Mark 1, aka FV4030/4. USA photo by Specialist Ian Valley, 24MAY2016.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Sean Searfus, 18MAY2015.

M60A3 tank fires during a combined live fire demonstration as part of Exercise Eager Lion in Wadi Shadiya, Jordan, 18MAY2015.

USMC photo by Corporal Sean Searfus, 18MAY2015.

USMC photo by Corporal Sean Searfus, 18MAY2015.

Photo by Captain Viet Nguyen.

Jordanian YPG-765 during Eager Lion 2015.

USMC photo by Corporal Sean Searfus, 18MAY2015.

USMC photo by Corporal Sean Searfus, 18MAY2015.

USMC photo by Sergeant Austin Hazard, 29MAY2014.

YPG-765 during Eager Lion, May 2014.

USMC photo by Sergeant Austin Hazard, 29MAY2014.

USMC photo by Sergeant Austin Hazard, 29MAY2014.

Videos, Jordanian Al Hussein (الحسين), conducting live fire during Eager Lion, Summer of 2013:

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sergeant Richard Blumenstein, 07MAY2012.

Al Hussein (الحسين) fire during Eager Lion, May 2012.

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Scott Stewart, 01SEP1987.

A Jordanian M113 is off-loaded from a U.S. Air Force C-141 Starlifter, during wargame Bright Star, in the North African country of Egypt, September 1987.

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Vehicle I-D: CHALLENGER vs LECLERC

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