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Saturday, April 4, 2015

WWII era Soviet armor engaged in Yemen conflict

What appears to be a T-34 M.1969 medium tank, suggested by the application of updated roadwheels (with one forward roadwheel seen of the earlier type.) Operated by elements of an Yemen Army armored brigade, current allegiance undetermined.

SU-100 tank destroyer fitted with updated roadwheels. This example may actually be a post-war production Czech SD-100 type. Operated by what appears to be elements of the same Yemen Army armored brigade as above T-34, current allegiance undetermined.

Photos; Scharov Evgeny
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17 comments:

  1. Mark PyruzApril 4, 2015 at 1:06 PM

    Amazing to see these historic AFVs engaged in conflict as late as 2015.

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    1. UnknownApril 4, 2015 at 1:14 PM

      Indeed!

      But this is Yemen. Don't expect them to fight with Abrams or Leopards!

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    2. AnonymousApril 4, 2015 at 2:29 PM

      these things are even older than the Iranian air force

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    3. interested partyApril 5, 2015 at 3:18 AM

      Mark does the M 1969 designation attached to the T-34 indicate it was of Yugoslav manufacture?

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  2. Brig. Gen. Basrawi (iqaf.ret)April 4, 2015 at 1:36 PM

    And here i thought i was getting old. It is not everyday you see a piece of military hardware that surpasses ones age. :-) Iran as well as Iraq also used ww2 era tanks in the 1980s. But this takes the cake!

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  3. AnonymousApril 4, 2015 at 4:22 PM

    Maybe these are museum pieces that they stole from the museum...

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    1. AnonymousMay 26, 2015 at 1:25 AM

      lmao this actually happened in Ukraine. The rebels used an IS-3 from a memorial or something to break through a barricade.

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  4. AnonymousApril 4, 2015 at 9:39 PM

    No May be time has stopped in Arabian peninsula! and these vehicles has been imported from future!

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  5. interested partyApril 5, 2015 at 3:08 AM

    They may be old and seem a museum piece. But just like a B 52 they still can be useful. Had one of these pointing my way in Croatia 91. We laughed. Then it starting firing and coming our way. We didn't laugh so much anymore.

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    1. UnknownJuly 31, 2017 at 8:39 AM

      What was the war started for anyways? Why did SFR Yugoslavia break-up?



      I hear people in Macedonia and many other on forums just with a single wish... SFR Yugoslavia to be re-united...

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    2. AnonymousAugust 10, 2017 at 10:04 PM

      Sure. So we can kill each others again.

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  6. AnonymousApril 5, 2015 at 1:29 PM

    This type of tank is more useful in Yeman because it is low tech and therefore easy to maintain in back street workshop.

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  7. AnonymousApril 5, 2015 at 9:55 PM

    T-34s guarding a Yemeni Island.

    https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ef/16/cf/ef16cfaf3379890e749c440e54347a6a.jpg

    http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/attachments/russia-soviet-union-armour-artillery-vehicles/791315d1421594196-soviet-tank-socotra-republic-yemen-img_0190.jpg

    http://s00.yaplakal.com/pics/pics_original/3/5/3/4460353.jpg

    http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/socotra-battle-tank-yemen-rusty-soviet-t-shore-indian-ocean-island-41928662.jpg



    SD-100 captured by Houthis

    http://ftr.wot-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/77745396_77745395.jpg

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    1. AnonymousMay 23, 2016 at 1:50 AM

      Are those T-34s operational? They look rather rusty to me.

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    2. UnknownJuly 31, 2017 at 8:40 AM

      They are on the street and moving, so yes... the rust is on the surface and help with camouflage

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  8. AnonymousJuly 13, 2015 at 12:58 PM

    But these outdated vehicles will perform worse than the modern counterpart.

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    1. UnknownJuly 31, 2017 at 8:41 AM

      outdated does not mean worse... an old t-72 can still take on the newest chinese tanks and blow them up

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