ET / Cairo, Citadel - the Army Museum

[Kuno]

Are you sure that the Israelis made this conversions?
All the Israeli tanks in that museum (also in another one in Cairo) were painted in dark green and had the gun barrel down. consequentially, I think it must have been an Egyptian tank. Last Sunday I have seen this tank as well in an old movie of the 1950ies. Depicting German tanks - the movie was filmed in Egypt.

[motto (RIP)]

Seems to me the reasoning behind the barrel angle is either childish or phallic in its symbolism. Either way I think it rather silly.

Maybe if you were to tell them that the barrel alignment is correct because the Israelis look down on them whilst they secretly look up to the Israelis they will reverse them all.

David

[Kuno]

David; I dare to guess that the Egyptians had something different in mind when they arranged the guns of the tanks either looking up or looking down.