1/35 Tamiya Iraqi Army T55 Enigma
The unique one of T55 from Iraqi Army during Gulf War and Iraqi Freedom Operation with code name T55 Enigma. This MBT is specialized for to Iraqi Tank Comander to lead other Iraqi Tank to battle site. T55 Enigma is unique due to it extension of it's armor in front of turret.
During the initial gulf war (1991) Iraq modified a number of T-55, Type 59, and Type 69 tanks with appliqué armour on the turrets and hulls composed of several layers of spaced armour plates enclosed in steel boxes and were used by Iraqi Brigade commanders. It is not known how many were produced but a few were encountered by the Saudi and US Army and Marine units in the Battle of Khafji in Kuwait in January 1991.
Several “Enigmas” were destroyed with the coalition air power reducing much of Saddam Hussein’s prized armour to rusting hulks and one mostly intact captured tank eventually ending up at the Bovington Tank Museum in the UK where it currently resides and has been used for research.
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