Additional stowage boxes and jerry cans added to the turret, solid metal front fenders over tracks replaced with half black rubber ones. Tiran 5 Tank Tiran 5 Tank Firingįirst major modifications of T-55. 30 cal Browning Machine Gun in front of the loaders hatch and a new antenna mount were added. Tiran 4 Tank, note the replaced fenders with rubber endsĪ pintle-mounted. Loaders hatch replaced with one that opens towards to the rear, not towards the front like the original. Old T-54 as no fune extractor at the end of the main gunįirst major modifications of T-54. Tiran 4 Tank Note the Tiran 4 Loaders hatch opening to the rear. Tiran 2 Tankĭesignation for captured non-modified T-55 in early IDF service. Tiran 1 Tankĭesignation for captured non-modified T-54 in early IDF service. This was continued with the captured T-54/T-55, which became the Tiran Series. The British Centurion became the Sho’t and both the American M48 Patton and M60 Patton became the Magach series. Prior to the development of the Merkava Main Battle Tank, Israel excelled at the communalisation of various international tanks with the same 105mm main gun, tracks, ERA armour and engines and renaming them, for example: Israel eventually came out victorious in both wars and captured hundreds of T-54 and T-55 from both countries. Egypt also took delivery of the same tanks in the 1960’s and both countries operated them during the 1967 Six-Day War and 1973 Yom Kippur War fighting Israel. Syria started taking delivery of the Russian T-54 Medium tank in during the 1950’s and its upgraded version the T-55 in the 1960’s.
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