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A Magach sentry

Here we see, via DimaWa, a gently-used Israeli Defence Forces Magach 3 tank somewhere in the Golan Heights, where it has been since the Yom Kippur War in 1973.

The IDF inherited something like 500 surplus M48s from West Germany, the U.S. and Jordan (the latter as recycled battlefield trophies in 1967) and gave them a series of Magach (Hebrew = “ramming hit”) that have them a newer gun (the M68 105mm L7), a new 750 hp diesel and a number of other internal upgrades to the gunnery and commo system to make them closer to the M60.

The IDF kept variously upgraded M48s in their armored units through the 1990s.