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T-64
MBT
Most of the pictures
available are of the captured T-62 that we bought from the Israelis
after the 1973 war. Consequently we rarely see the top gun in pictures.
So since the silhouette is similar and this shows the top gun forgive
me for showing a T-64.
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How do I come to the conclusion that the image on
the rug is a T62 Main Battle Tan? Frankly part of it is an educated
guess. I have spent a good bit of time researching what the Soviet
order of battle was in Afghanistan. You cannot just grab Jane's Soviet
Weapons & Tactics and easily identify each motif on a rug. I
use a wide range of sources and then I can get an idea of what the
weaver may have had in mind.
The big clue is the gun mounted on top. When I
compared the image on the rug to what was indicated in the Soviet order
of battle I became convinced that this must be a T-62.
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