Cuban Tanks

By Rubén

	*Marmon Herrington CTMS-1TBI Dutch Three Man Light Tank*
	*M3A1 General Stuart Light Tank*
	*M4A3 (76)W HVSS General Sherman Medium Tank*
	*A34 Comet Cruiser Tank*
	*T-35-85 Medium Tank*
	*IS-2M Heavy Tank*
	*T-55 Main Battle Tank*
	*T-62 Main Battle Tank*
	*PT-76 Amphibious Tank*

	*Enemy Tanks*
	*M41 Walker Bulldog Light Tank (2506 Brigade, Bay of Pigs 2506)*
	*Olifant Mk.IA Main Battle Tank (South african SADF in Angola)*
	*Eland Armored Car (South african SADF in Angola)*

The armored equipment in Cuba is a few known theme. Cuba receives its first tanks in 1942 when entering in the war against the Axis, and after the 1959 revolution the Soviet and Czech deliveries of tanks become extensives. The Cuban armored units fight with success every time in Bay of Pigs, Syrian, Angola, Ethiopia, against enemies as Israel, Sudáfrica and Somalia or the CIA. In Angola the Cuban troops came to have in the first campaign of 1976 some 400 tanks, and in the final campaign of 1988, near 1,000 tanks. Today Cuba have some 1,600 tanks (1,100 T-55, 400 T-62, 300 T-34-85, 40 IS-2M, 60 PT-76, part of them in conservation), among which the T-62 are the better tanks of Latin America. They are the strongest and experienced armored forces of America, surpassed only by the United States.