Kata’ib Sayyid al Shuda (KSS), which is also known as the Battalion of the Sayyid’s Martyrs, has created a propaganda video that includes an M1 Abrams tank (at around the 16-second mark of the video). The Iraqi government is denying their involvement with KSS, and claims not to know how they obtained the U.S.-made tank.


During the video, they didn’t fire the tank’s main weapon, because they are probably out of or in short supply of the 120mm rounds. If they had a round, it would have definitely been the highlight of the propaganda video. The video also shows them traveling a very short distance, so they could be running out of the JP-8 jet fuel as well (it does only get .6 miles to the gallon). It will probably be a 60-ton lawn ornament pretty soon.

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