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GDA 2017: Kuwait's M-84 up close and personal (video)

13th December 2017 - 15:35 GMT | by Grant Turnbull, Richard Thomas in Kuwait

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With its mixed armoured vehicle fleet the Kuwait Army is reflective of the overall approach to defence purchases by the country, as new main battle tanks share line space with ageing Cold War-era veterans.

At Gulf Defense and Aerospace taking place on the outskirts of Kuwait City, Shephard's land warfare editor Grant Turnbull has a look inside and outside of the venerable M-84 to explore this living piece of armoured history.

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Grant Turnbull was the editor of Land Warfare International and Digital Battlespace magazines with Shephard …

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Richard Thomas is the Senior Editor, Naval at Shephard Media. Richard joined the company in …

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