PIQ04 T-55 ‘Enigma’

Iraqi Brigade commanders had appliqué armour added to the turret and hull of their T-55 tanks. The Enigma seems to have been used largely in the command role. This armour was composed of several layers of spaced armour plates enclosed in steel boxes. It was successful at defeating shaped charge warheads during the battle of Khafji, where one unit is reported to have survived several hits from MILAN missiles before being dispatched by a helicopter.

Chaas modeled this while sitting on top of the real thing at Bovington Tank Museum.