While I think it’s most likely those guardsmen are getting ready to deploy and might have still been stateside when the picture was taken, the Iraqi military was definitely still using Sherman’s during the Iran-Iraq war... if they used them when they invaded Kuwait and the Kuwaiti’s disabled one, keeping it as a museum piece on display wouldn’t be unheard of.
I do believe its an m4a3 105 or m4 105, and a number of countries that still use old tanks are around, a quick search says that 130 t-34 were still in service in 2018, i wouldn't be surprised if such a mass produced tank was still being use SOMEWHERE
why would there be a tank museum with a sherman in kuwait in the middle east, unless they are visiting the states or somewhere in the eu
While I think it’s most likely those guardsmen are getting ready to deploy and might have still been stateside when the picture was taken, the Iraqi military was definitely still using Sherman’s during the Iran-Iraq war... if they used them when they invaded Kuwait and the Kuwaiti’s disabled one, keeping it as a museum piece on display wouldn’t be unheard of.
now that's a missing piece of history i didn't know that explains its possible history of being there, great explanation
I just don't think M4 Sherman tanks are in service anymore. They were being phased out in 1945 by Pershing.
I do believe its an m4a3 105 or m4 105, and a number of countries that still use old tanks are around, a quick search says that 130 t-34 were still in service in 2018, i wouldn't be surprised if such a mass produced tank was still being use SOMEWHERE