T-55 "Engima"

[C130]

T-55 Enigma Medium Tank | Military-Today.com

The Enigma tank has improved protection comparing with the baseline T-55. It is likely that upgrades were influenced by the Soviet T-55AM, which had add-on armor blocks on the glacis and turret. However Iraqi engineers went an extra mile and added armor blocks on the hull and rear of the turret. The T-55 Enigma is fitted with add-on composite armor blocks. These blocks are made up of armor plates, welded into boxes, to create a sort of spaced armor. Add-on armor weights a total of 4.6 t, so the add-on armor plates at the turret rear are used as a counterweight.

 

[C130]

Syria has over 1500 T-55s wouldn't upgrading them like Iraq did be a cheap solution?? probably would survive RPG-7, SPG-9, and even TOW,Konkurs hits.

 

[Malik Alashter]

The problem even Iraqis don't do the same to their tanks of T-55 or T-72.

 

[Penguin]

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