File:Kaukji-armored-car-1948.jpg

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Summary

An armored car, captured from the ALA (<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arab_Liberation_Army&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arab Liberation Army (page does not exist)">Arab Liberation Army</a>- Kaukji's army) in 1948. The car still carries the ALA emblem, a dagger stabbing a Star of David. It was captured after the ALA defeat in the Galilee and his flight from Palestine campaign.

The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Wikipedia:Graphics_Lab/Photography_workshop/Archive/Jan_2014#is_the_emblem_.22doctored.3F_.28a_dagger_stabbing_a_.22Shield_of_David.22.29" class="extiw" title="w:en:Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Photography workshop/Archive/Jan 2014">updated Graphic lab view</a> is that the photo is probably not doctored, based on this good quality image. Previously, based on a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Wikipedia:Graphics_Lab/Photography_workshop/Archive/Oct_2013#to_sharpen_an_emblem.2C_that_as_is_cropped_from_other_image.2C_it.27s_resolution_is_too_poor" class="extiw" title="w:en:Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Photography workshop/Archive/Oct 2013">suggested</a> by Graphics Lab editors that the dagger and star emblem in this photo may have been a doctored image.

This image is a better quality version of the previous one: <a class="external free" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Qawuqjis_armored_vehicle.jpg">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Qawuqjis_armored_vehicle.jpg</a>. The same car, but without the camouflage painting, is seen here:

More about this <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Otter_Light_Reconnaissance_Car" title="Otter Light Reconnaissance Car">Otter Light Reconnaissance Car</a>.

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current21:45, 6 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 21:45, 6 January 20174,306 × 4,252 (6.11 MB)127.0.0.1 (talk)An armored car, captured from the ALA (<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arab_Liberation_Army&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arab Liberation Army (page does not exist)">Arab Liberation Army</a>- Kaukji's army) in 1948. The car still carries the ALA emblem, a dagger stabbing a Star of David. It was captured after the ALA defeat in the Galilee and his flight from Palestine campaign. <p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Wikipedia:Graphics_Lab/Photography_workshop/Archive/Jan_2014#is_the_emblem_.22doctored.3F_.28a_dagger_stabbing_a_.22Shield_of_David.22.29" class="extiw" title="w:en:Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Photography workshop/Archive/Jan 2014">updated Graphic lab view</a> is that the photo is probably not doctored, based on this good quality image. Previously, based on a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Wikipedia:Graphics_Lab/Photography_workshop/Archive/Oct_2013#to_sharpen_an_emblem.2C_that_as_is_cropped_from_other_image.2C_it.27s_resolution_is_too_poor" class="extiw" title="w:en:Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Photography workshop/Archive/Oct 2013">suggested</a> by Graphics Lab editors that the dagger and star emblem in this photo may have been a doctored image. </p> <p>This image is a better quality version of the previous one: <a class="external free" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Qawuqjis_armored_vehicle.jpg">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Qawuqjis_armored_vehicle.jpg</a>. The same car, but without the camouflage painting, is seen here: </p> <ul> <li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://ww2photo.se/tanks/can/armerc/otter1.htm">http://ww2photo.se/tanks/can/armerc/otter1.htm</a>. </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/search?query=otter+car&submit=&items_per_page=10">http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/search?query=otter+car&submit=&items_per_page=10</a> </li> </ul> More about this <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Otter_Light_Reconnaissance_Car" title="Otter Light Reconnaissance Car">Otter Light Reconnaissance Car</a>.
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