Troops under his command destroyed two aged T-55 Soviet-made tanks with Javelin antitank missiles.

By Sunday evening, it reportedly had 20,000 soldiers and about 100 Soviet-made tanks near the border.

"She is the tip of the arrow," proclaimed another, a gunner in a Soviet-made tank.

Syria and Iraq, for example, both use Soviet-made tanks.

Between 8,000 and 10,000 North Korean troops, supported by 50 Soviet-made tanks, easily broke through a critical defense line here in Uijongbu.

Last week, dozens of new Soviet-made tanks and armored personnel carriers were unloaded at Luanda's port.

In September 2000, a deal was signed to modernize Soviet-made tanks and armoured personnel carries for the United Arab Emirates.

Every 200 yards or so along the ridge overlooking the mountain pass, a Soviet-made tank is dug in.

Though pummeled, they still are heavily armed with the Iraq's best Soviet-made tanks, artillery and, perhaps, its most deadly chemical warfare systems.

Kuwait's ports receive Iraq's Soviet-made tanks and ammunition to be trucked over the border since Iraq's own ports are closed.