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| Technical based on a Toyota Land Cruiser High Top wagon with the roof
cut off and a 14.5 mm gun. [full
caption] |
Taken from the back deck of a T55, this picture gives a clear impression
of the typical militia tank crewman. [full
caption] |
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| An M-113 mounting a Soviet DShK machine-gun! This was the logistics
and support vehicle for a platoon of three T55s belonging to the United
Somali Congress. [full
caption] |
This photo shows two heavy technicals parked in the bush outside of
a village called Balenbale in the SNF enclave about 20 kilometers from
the Ethiopian frontier. [full
caption] |
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| Another example of a heavy technical, once again based on a Pegaso
lorry and mounting a ZPU-2. [full
caption] |
A different view of the Mercedes Benz heavy technical, showing the
inside of the bed and the ZPU-2 [full
caption] |
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| Another view of the heavy technical based on the Pegaso lorry and mounting
a twin AA gun. [full
caption] |
Land Rover technical mounting a 106 mm RCL and Canadian Bison recovery
vehicle. [full caption] |
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| Part of the cantonment area at Balenbale, February 1993. This photo
is very indicative of the diversity of equipment that was used in Somalia.
[full caption] |
This Toyota Land Cruiser with a 106 mm recoilless rifle mounted in
the back was the only technical turned over to the Canadians by the USC
forces. [full caption] |
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| Derelict M-47 tank which had been supplied to Siad Barre's army by
the government of Italy. [full
caption] |
This view shows the penetration in the turret of the M-47, just above
the open machine gunner's hatch. [full
caption] |
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| This derelict M47 was abandoned near the main 'road' from Mataban to
Balenbale. [full caption] |
Another view of the immobile M47 that fired on us as we entered Balenbale
for the first time. [full
caption] |
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| Another derelict M47 off the side of the main 'road' between Balenbale
and Mataban. [full caption] |
A derelict M47 that we investigated while waiting for the engineers
to clear a suspected minefield. [full
caption] |
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| The Guri Ceel cantonment area was set up to hold the vehicles and equipment
turned in by the USC. [full
caption] |
Another view of a Centurion tank in the USC cantonment area. [full
caption] |
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| The tank on the right is another Centurion in the tank graveyard that
became the cantonment area for USC vehicles turned in to the Canadians.
[full caption] |
The derelict condition of these particular tanks is instantly apparent,
as is the unusual camouflage scheme on the T55 on the left. [full
caption] |
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| This derelict large caliber AA gun was left sitting beside the main
highway that ran into the Dhuusamarheeb. [full
caption] |
This Chinese 100 mm antitank gun defends the northwestern
flank of the village of Balenbale. [full
caption] |
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| This shows the cantonment area in Balenbale village prior to the arrival
of the tanks and technicals from their positions outside the village. [full
caption] |
At the center of this photo, parked under the acacia tree and a bit
hard to see because of the shadows, is a heavy technical built on a US
manufactured 2.5 ton truck. [full
caption] |
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| These four soldiers were the escort detachment for the 'Colonel' commanding
the Guri Ceel sector. [full
caption] |
This photo shows three different versions of the Canadian armored cars.
[full caption] |
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| A Canadian 'Cougar', a six-wheeled version of the LAV mounting a 76
mm gun in the turret. [full
caption] |
Another Canadian Cougar, this one a victim of an antitank mine. [full
caption] |
