Lion of Babylon

During the early stages of the Iran-Iraq War, Iraq under the rule of Saddam Hussein imported a number of T-72 tanks from the Soviet Union and Poland. The tanks saw service in both the Gulf War and the Iraq War. In the late 1970s, Iraq also established a factory to retrofit and repair T-72s, and started the Lion of Babylon project with the intent to assemble T-72s locally.

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main battle tank, Ba'athist Iraq, 

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1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

1989 — 2000 Lion of Babylon

1990-08-02T00:00:00Z

1990-08-02T00:00:00Z

Gulf War

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Frameless

T-72 Iraq

Lion of Babylon or Asad Babil - Iraqi produced copy of T-72 during 1989 Baghdad arms exhibition

AsadBabil-Dug-in

DerelictAsadBabil

T-72-Fort Hood

DerelictAsadBabil-2010-28-01

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		T-72 Iraq		Commons
commons	image		Lion of Babylon or Asad Babil - Iraqi produced copy of T-72 during 1989 Baghdad arms exhibition		Commons
commons	image		AsadBabil-Dug-in		Commons
commons	image		DerelictAsadBabil		Commons
commons	image		T-72-Fort Hood		Commons
commons	image		DerelictAsadBabil-2010-28-01		Commons