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Unique ID: 536 Added to Database: September 2008 Last Edited: September 2008 Type (ID): T-72 (2690) Model (ID): Asad Babil (2708) Location Category (ID): United States Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center (82570) Location (ID): Chili (82570) Serial Number: “Ф02BT5425” stamped into the centre of the glacis plate. Registration: Name: Other Identification: Above left of the serial number is the marking “P-58” and above right “T 28”. Below it is welded a plate with the markings, in rough weld metal, “H & S co, 8TH Tk Bn”. There is also the number “B459 K25” cast into the turret roof just in front of the commander’s cupola. Collection Reference: Links: References: Associated Tanks: Location History: (see map) 1: Russia (Country of origin) 2: United States Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA (Current location) Text in original Preserved Soviet Tanks publication: [No entry] Text in Preserved Soviet Tanks Update: [No entry] Text in original Preserved Tanks In USA publication: This T-72 is on display outside the Marine Corps Reserve Center building; previously there were also M60A1 and M103 tanks also on display but these are believed to have been moved to Camp Pendleton (q.v.) some years ago (source: N. Baumgardner). It is mounted on a concrete pad on the lawn in front of and to the side of the main building. It appears to be in fairly good condition. The tank appears to be a T-72M1 and is likely to have been an Assad Babil (‘Lion of Babylon’), i.e. a T-72 locally produced in Iraq. According to the label in front it was captured during Desert Storm from the Iraqi Republican Guard and returned to this site to be displayed by 8th Tank Battalion. The rough markings on the glacis in weld metal appear to indicate it was the Headquarters and Support Company that originally claimed the capture. This T-72 mounts a KMT-6M mine plough in the travel position.

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August 2008 1: Front left high view Taken: 20 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 597 Added: 24 September 2008 Filename: P1020258... Views: 410 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		2: Front right high view Taken: 20 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 596 Added: 24 September 2008 Filename: P1020251... Views: 265 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		3: Front view Taken: 20 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 578 Added: 24 September 2008 Filename: P1020222... Views: 316 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
4: Front right view Taken: 20 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 579 Added: 24 September 2008 Filename: P1020223... Views: 252 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		5: Right view Taken: 20 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 580 Added: 24 September 2008 Filename: P1020225... Views: 242 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		6: Rear right view Taken: 20 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 581 Added: 24 September 2008 Filename: P1020226... Views: 259 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
7: Right view Taken: 20 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 582 Added: 24 September 2008 Filename: P1020227... Views: 224 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		8: Rear left view Taken: 20 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 583 Added: 24 September 2008 Filename: P1020228... Views: 230 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		9: Left view Taken: 20 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 584 Added: 24 September 2008 Filename: P1020229... Views: 259 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
10: Left mine plough, outside Taken: 20 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 585 Added: 24 September 2008 Filename: P1020230... Views: 251 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		11: Left mine plough, inside Taken: 20 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 586 Added: 24 September 2008 Filename: P1020231... Views: 367 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		12: Right mine plough, inside Taken: 20 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 587 Added: 24 September 2008 Filename: P1020232... Views: 241 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
13: Right mine plough, outside Taken: 20 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 588 Added: 24 September 2008 Filename: P1020233... Views: 211 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		14: Turret front Taken: 20 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 589 Added: 24 September 2008 Filename: P1020234... Views: 217 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		15: Glacis plate, showing number locations Taken: 20 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 590 Added: 24 September 2008 Filename: P1020235... Views: 218 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
16: Serial number and other markings Taken: 20 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 591 Added: 24 September 2008 Filename: P1020236... Views: 215 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		17: Turret detail Taken: 20 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 592 Added: 24 September 2008 Filename: P1020242... Views: 220 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		18: Casting number below cupola Taken: 20 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 593 Added: 24 September 2008 Filename: P1020243... Views: 296 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
19: Commander's machine-gun mount Taken: 20 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 594 Added: 24 September 2008 Filename: P1020245... Views: 379 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		20: Rear deck Taken: 20 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 598 Added: 24 September 2008 Filename: P1020261... Views: 233 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		21: Rear high view Taken: 20 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 599 Added: 24 September 2008 Filename: P1020267... Views: 232 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
22: Turret top detail Taken: 20 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 600 Added: 24 September 2008 Filename: P1020271... Views: 231 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		23: Exhibit label Taken: 20 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 601 Added: 24 September 2008 Filename: P1020274... Views: 250 Select/Has Priority: 21/0

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