Avi replied, but Koren couldn’t hear him. However, Avi acknowledged the order with a thumbs up before taking aim and sending a round towards the Syrian T-72M in the distance. Koren watched the T-72M as the round hit. For a few moments nothing happened, then a crewman scrambled from the turret just seconds before a funnel of flame erupted from the hatches.

Koren immediately began searching for another target. His loader, a new boy from Tel Aviv called Ezra, had already shoved another Sabot round into the breach of the gun, with Avi ready for the next target.

Oil War
With Europe ablaze the shadow of war quickly crept across the globe. In the Middle East, Iran and Iraq had been locked in a conflict across their border since 1980, and looked unlikely to stop anytime soon.  Further west, Israel and Syria had come to blows in Lebanon as Israel fought PLO forces operating from inside their northern neighbour. The oil rich region, already rife with conflict and tension, was about to be drawn into World War III as the Soviet Union and US led NATO set about protecting their interests in the black gold that kept the wheels of industry turning.