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The Congos tank in The Guinea-Congo war

29.9k KPLBall  5 months ago

In 1984 The Congo gots it's independence from Belgium, Allied With Russia, and built up it's arsenal
Here is a map

Their official languages are French, Dutch, and Russian.
Here are their tanks

HACC-1

After buying 70 of these from a Florida man in 1985, The Congo copied 1:1 the chassis and still called it the HACC-1 it was retired in 1989 when it proved ineffective against most Guinean Tanks

T-54/55

After buying 1,654 T-54/55s from Russia The Congo put Them to use guarding the border, in 1986 when The Congo declared war these were at the forefront of the battle.

Type-1 APC

On the HACC-1 Chassis the Type-1 APC was an APC with a single DPK machine gun

Type-2 A7

After buying Captured 2TPs from Russia the Congo put 20K guns on them and used them to move airplane into the runway

Type-3 ZNS

After capturing àguila MK-1s from Guinea The Congo used those turrets and stuck them on a Type-1 APC chassis and made the new Type-3 ZNS

Type-3 HFRGC

After buying captured 3TPs from Russia The Congo used the Turrets and a S series gun to make the Type-3 HFRGC which was an anti APC vehicle made to compete with the Caçador MK-1 but they failed.

T-72

In 1990 the Congo bought 895 T-72s from Russia for defense against Batallador MK-2s, they were top of the battle feild for a month before Guinea got Destructors and llum tanks, Because of the introduction of the Destructor and llum tanks the T-72 took the most losses

Type-3 SCK

The Congo needed an insurgency vehicle so bought captured 45mm PA howitzers from Russia, using this they created the Type-3 SCK it was a horrible insurgency vehicle because it was Tall, Under Armed, and had no systems like heat vision but could not be retired due to it being the only insurgency vehicle

Type-3 XLS

The Congo used captured 1NC turrets and gun as a infantry support vehicle, it was effective in anti APC business but nothing else

Type-3 D-28T

A Tank Destroyer made in the last 2 Months of the war saw more service with the Guineans than The Congo, it was light but unarmered so used as a long range Artillery Gun