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Re: Iraqi army using Chieftain tanks

مرسل: الخميس أكتوبر 29, 2015 9:08 pm
بواسطة TangoIII
I think both are Chieftain.

Re: Iraqi army using Chieftain tanks

مرسل: الاثنين نوفمبر 02, 2015 1:53 pm
بواسطة hayder
Tango. You're right they're both chieftains...

what confused me was the number plate and camo on the nearer one.

Re: Iraqi army using Chieftain tanks

مرسل: الاثنين نوفمبر 02, 2015 10:30 pm
بواسطة ME-262
good eye, Tango!

Re: Iraqi army using Chieftain tanks

مرسل: الثلاثاء سبتمبر 11, 2018 4:40 am
بواسطة Omar
I am curious if anyone here has any more images of captured Chieftains? I am heavily interested in learning more about them despite the lack of scare information about their usage, combat record and capture.

I am also trying to build a scale model of a captured Chieftain Mk. 5 in Iraqi service and any photos that show the camos, colors and numbers would be great.

Re: Iraqi army using Chieftain tanks

مرسل: الأربعاء سبتمبر 12, 2018 12:58 pm
بواسطة hayder
ah. some of the old pic links died. but a google image search for "iraqi army chieftain" should give you some decent collection.

Its noteworthy that Iraq operated the full range of British Heavy/MBT from the Crusader / Churchill / Centurion and finally Chieftain.

Re: Iraqi army using Chieftain tanks

مرسل: الخميس سبتمبر 13, 2018 3:11 am
بواسطة Omar
Interesting, I imagine most of them were captured however? The Centurion is new to hear about. I know Iran fielded them, but information on their captured ones in Iraqi hands are scarce. Since Iraq fought Iran and Israel I imagine they had some captured Centurions. To my knowledge they had Super Shermans even (although I cannot confirm the numbers) but I don't think those were ever put into service.

Re: Iraqi army using Chieftain tanks

مرسل: الخميس سبتمبر 13, 2018 11:42 am
بواسطة hayder
all were purchased by the royal iraqi army (before 1958) apart from the chieftain which were captured after 1980.

Re: Iraqi army using Chieftain tanks

مرسل: الثلاثاء سبتمبر 18, 2018 4:54 am
بواسطة Omar
Very interesting, were they still in use by the time of the Iran-Iraq War?

Re: Iraqi army using Chieftain tanks

مرسل: الثلاثاء سبتمبر 18, 2018 5:08 pm
بواسطة hayder
no. they were all replaced by T54/T55 and T62 by the late 1960s.

Re: Iraqi army using Chieftain tanks

مرسل: الأربعاء إبريل 10, 2019 12:57 am
بواسطة Omar
Some more images of Persian Chieftain tanks captured by the Iraqi Army.

This one interestingly still has a gray paint scheme, similar to the British one, as well as Western numbers.

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This one has Persian-Arabic numbers and a sand camo with green streaks, with the Iranian flag and what is likely a unit number.

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