"West german M-48A2C (with 90mm gun)in the 80s..." Topic
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| Natxoman | 25 Apr 2018 8:50 a.m. PST |
Until now I believed that all the Bundeswehr M-48A2Cs were modified during the late 70s/early 80s as M-48A2GA2 , with the 105mm gun , new cuppola , and new mantlet (among other things) , but after reading an article in wikipedia (I know , I know…) about the armoured forrces in Europe at the early 80s , it seems that only 650 tanks of a forcé of more that 1200 M-48 were modified so… with the rest -presumably- retaining the old guns , cuppolas and optical sight and analogic fire control systems . Was that so?? Or were the not modernised tanks phased out?? Thanks in advance . Wiki article here: link |
| jekinder6 | 25 Apr 2018 1:12 p.m. PST |
The extra M-48s were put in storage as Leopards were produced. See link for a list of tanks in brigades over time:
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| ScoutJock | 25 Apr 2018 4:19 p.m. PST |
Many of them ended up in Israel. |
| Natxoman | 27 Apr 2018 6:13 p.m. PST |
Many of them ended up in Israel Yeah , but when , in the 80s , or more probably in the 60s-70s?? |
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