"M60a1 color during Yom Kippur war?" Topic
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24 Jan 2016 6:21 p.m. PST
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| John Magnifico | 24 Jan 2016 6:16 p.m. PST |
What were the colors of the M60a1's that were supplied to the israel's during the Yom Kippur war. |
 Saber6   | 24 Jan 2016 6:43 p.m. PST |
Probably Forest Green or Olive Drab. Possibly tan (khaki) if there was time before shipping |
| Martin Rapier | 25 Jan 2016 5:01 a.m. PST |
I found a couple of photos of tanks being unloaded in 1973 and they looked pretty dark (so presumably green). |
| Cold Steel | 25 Jan 2016 5:33 a.m. PST |
All the ones supplied during the war came from war reserves in Europe, so would have been Forest Green or OD. |
| Troop of Shewe | 25 Jan 2016 6:30 a.m. PST |
I don't have my references with me but I thought the few european m60s were for photo ops/propaganda not sure they actually drive off to the Sinai? Let alone fought in green? As opposed to the ammunition….. Happy to be corrected. |
| Solzhenitsyn | 25 Jan 2016 8:03 a.m. PST |
A couple of color photos show them in Israeli tan, which is a unique color. Darker than a standard desert tan, but lighter than brown. |
| John Magnifico | 25 Jan 2016 6:23 p.m. PST |
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