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Originally Posted by 95th Rifleman
Another thing I'm thinking about is that the Saudis (and most of the southern, pro-west arab states) all relied heavily on the Chieften before some bought the Abrahms as a replacement.
That means allot of mothballed Chieftens just waiting to be sent, under the table, to the RDF.
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Ooooh, I didn't even think about that. Yeah! Yankee-driven Chieftains for everyone!
SCENE: US Armor cantonment, outside Basra, Iraq
"Hey welcome to the 24th sir. This is our track, we call her 'Qom-Guzzler', if uh you'll pardon the joke. Anyhow, I hope it doesn't weird you out driving a Brit tank like the Chieftain, but she's a good track and - "
"Son, I left Poland last month where my last three 'tanks' were a Wartburg with an RPK on a sponson where the passenger door used to be, A BMP-1, and a T55 with no main gun and a MILAN launcher tripod tack welded to the turret roof. Trust me when I say this is the least weird vehicle I've commanded since 1998."