IDF036-2 ‘Syrian Army T-55A’ Main Battle Tank

The second version of this model, this time with the hull number ‘482’ and the classic Arabic cry ‘Allahu akbar’ meaning “God Is Great!”.

For some time now collectors of K&C’s ‘Israeli Defence Force’ range of figures and vehicles have been asking for some serious armoured opposition to go up against our IDF ‘Centurions’ and ‘Super Shermans’.

Well, here they are... in a pair of Syrian Army T55s that attempted to recapture the Golan Heights in the desperate, dark days of October 1973.

As most collectors know the October Arab-Israeli War of 1973 erupted on the 6 October 1973 when Egyptian and Syrian forces launched a surprise two-front assault on Israel in the occupied Sinai Peninsula in the south and the Israeli-held Golan Heights in the north.

For the sake of this release we are focusing on the battles that took place on the Golan Heights where 5 Syrian Armoured divisions with more than 1500 tanks, mostly the modern Soviet-built T55As, assaulted two Israeli understrength armoured brigades with just 180 tanks and a few thousand infantry and artillery as support.

Let battle commence...