M1 Sherman in IDF service 1956 Sinai

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Found these on google search…

Here’s another thread that might be helpful…

Israeli armored history

First of all, the vast majority of what I will write in this thread is the result of about three years of looking into the subject, independent research of mine aside (talking to veterans, photographic evidence, archives and such), I have chatted with other notable historians on the topic and of course used a wide variety of books, of course you may ask for a source on anything or just recommendations for further reading. I will not explain in great detail everything, and there is a lot of cont…