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Tidak diketahui berapa banyak tank Singa Babel diselesaikan selama rentang antara 1989- embargo ini.
==CombatSejarah performancePenugasan==
Tank Singa Babel bertugas kali pertama saat pecah Perang Teluk Persia 1991 kemudian invasi Irak 2003. Seperti tank lainnya di Angkatan Bersenjata Irak, sama seoSinga Babel juga digunakan sebagai artileri self-propelled, bukan dalam peranan tank tempur utama. m m,<ref>Scales, page 298.
The Lion of Babylon saw service in the 1991 Persian Gulf War as well as the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Like other tanks in the Iraqi inventory, Lions were mainly employed as armored [[self-propelled artillery]], rather than in [[maneuver warfare]] roles. In operations, it fared poorly against American [[main battle tank]]s and [[armored fighting vehicles]]. For example, a 120 mm [[depleted uranium]] (DU) [[APFSDS]] round from an [[M1 Abrams]] could knock out a Lion of Babylon tank well beyond 3,000 m,<ref>Scales, page 298: "The Iraqi plan was to kill the American tanks on the ridge with dug-in T-72s and then drive the survivors back into the wadi and finish them off with artillery. The Iraqis, however, had no idea they could be detected and destroyed at a range of nearly 2 miles."</ref> while the effective range of the [[tungsten]]-core 125 mm shell used by Iraq was 1,800 m.<ref name="Scales, page 261">Scales, page 261</ref>
Within closer ranges, the Lion of Babylon was more effective, especially while within prepared positions.<ref>Scales, page 269: "As TF 1-37th Armor crossed over the ridge into the heart of the Iraqi defensive zone, the Iraqi commander's carefully disposed rear-slope defense stripped Dyer's tanks of their range advantage. Within 1,000 meters, a row of dug-in T-72s and BMPs suddenly appeared below the crest. All were hull-down in prepared positions behind thick dirt walls. Now the Americans were well within Iraqi killing range, and although the Soviet-made night sights were markedly inferior, things could still get very dicey."</ref> However, even in such conditions, the Lion of Babylon did not fare well against M1s—as proven in the [[Battle of Norfolk]] during [[Desert Storm]],<ref>Scales, page 270: "After the war they (TF 1-37th) returned to count the burned-out hulks of 76 T-72s, 84 BMPs, 3 air defense artillery pieces, 8 howitzers, 6 command vehicles, 2 engineer vehicles, and myriad of trucks."</ref> although the tank also participated in the [[battle of Phase Line Bullet]], where [[M2 Bradley|Bradleys]] IFVs from the 4th squadron of the [[US 7th Cavalry Regiment|7th Cavalry Regiment]] were driven back by dug-in Iraqi armoured vehicles at heavy cost.<ref name=":0">Atkinson, pp. 428-433</ref>
===Perang Teluk Persia===
Sebagian besar unit lapis baja Irak dilengkapi dengan Tank Tipe 69 milik Tiongkok dan hanya divisi Garda Republik yang dilengkapi dengan modifikasi T-72 (Asad Babil), namun dengan pengecualian ada divisi lapis baja bernama Saladin memiliki tank asad babil di resimen tank nya.<ref>Zaloga & Sarson, ''T-72''... p.38</ref> Dengan demikian memudahkan Amerika dalam membantai divisi-divisi tank irak yang terdapat kecacatan
The bulk of Iraqi armoured units were equipped with the [[Type 69#Iraq|Type 69]] and only [[Iraqi Republican Guard|Republican Guard]] divisions were equipped with Iraqi-modified T-72s, with exception of the regular army's armored ''Saladin'' division.<ref>Zaloga & Sarson, ''T-72''... p.38</ref> Thus, engagements between Lions of Babylon and American tanks were limited to conflicts involving such Iraqi units.
During [[Desert Storm]], T-72s built in Taji were technologically 20 years out of date. Only one M1 Abrams was officially documented during the Persian Gulf War as having received enough damage to be towed and receive maintenance after being struck three times on the turret by a Lion.<ref>However, the tank endured a US Army's Armament Munitions and Chemical Command test.</ref><ref>[[:File:DamagedByAssadBabil.gif|AMCCT test]]</ref> Another six M1A1s were allegedly hit by Iraqi T-72 tank fire in the Gulf War official report, but the impacts were largely ineffectual.<ref>Fahey, Dan: Collateral Damage...''During the ground war, only seven M1A1's were hit by rounds fired from the Iraqi's T-72 tanks, with none being seriously damaged.'' See also: George F. Hofmann & [[Donn A. Starry]], pag.9</ref> According to Atkinson and Scales, Lions accounted for at least two M2 Bradley kills during Desert Storm and left several damaged, all on February 26, 1991.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Scales, p. 273</ref>
===Perang Irak 2003===
[[File:DerelictAsadBabil.JPEG||thumb|Tank Asad Babil yang ditinggal lari oleh para kru.]]
Penampakan T-72 Asad Babil terlihat saat Irak melakukan manuver pertahanan di Baghdad yang mana ini merupakan pertahanan terakhir dari pemerintahan rezim Baath di irak. Namun saat pertahanan jebol di baghdad dan Saddam kabur tank-tank ini ada yang dihancurkan dan juga adayang di museum kan di salah satu museum di amerika serikat yaitu di Fort Hood.
During the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], the Republican Guard's Lions, most from the [[2nd Al Medina Armored Division|Medina Division]], were deployed around Baghdad to attempt a last-ditch defense of the [[Ba'ath Party|Baath]] regime.<ref>Zucchino, page 3</ref>
In April 2003, U.S. tanks engaged their counterparts from just 50 yards, killing seven Iraqi T-72s without any losses.<ref>Conroy & Mars, p. 158</ref> Such encounters exposed the poor marksmanship of Iraqi gunners, in part due to the shortage of modern night-vision and range-finder assets.<ref>Scales, page 268: "The Iraqi gunners were poor marksmen and their green tracer sabots hit nothing."</ref> The Lions were even more technologically lacking at this time, and it is not known if any improvements to the tanks were made between the Persian Gulf War and this conflict. Nonetheless, one Bradley was largely disabled by a 125 mm round from an Asad Babil tank when Iraqi armoured troops attempted to ambush their American counterparts near Baghdad airport.<ref>Fontenot, Degen and Thon, p. 306</ref>
==Fate==
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