Ngokumangazayo, irekhodi lokugxuma livela ngo-1949 futhi balizuza eChile, kwesinye isikhathi ngezikhathi zemodeli siyayikhohlwa le ndaba, ikakhulukazi ngoba ezimweni eziningi akekho noyedwa ongayitsheli, kepha kulokhu sikuphenyele okuncane mayelana namarekhodi okugxuma ekugibeleni amahhashi, okutholwe yiChilean U-Alberto Larraguibel, owayengumgibeli wezempi waseChilene nehhashi lakhe uHuaso.
Irekhodi lomhlaba latholakala emncintiswaneni owawuseViña del Mar Cuirassier Regiment ngoFebhuwari 5, 1949, lapho kutholakale khona irekhodi lamamitha angu-2,47 ukuphakama, lidlula uphawu lwangaphambilini olubhalisiwe olwalungamamitha angu-2,44 futhi lwaqhamuka ekugxumeni okuhle inikezwe umgibeli wase-Italy u-Antonio Gutiérrez ogibele i-Ossopo.
Ukubuyela kwisibonelo seChilean, kwakuyihhashi elimangalisayo lapho ezalwa ebhapathizwa njengoThembekile, owazalwa ngo-1933, eminyakeni eyishumi nesithupha ngaphambi kokuthola i-jumping yakhe yobuqhawe, eyaqinisekisa kusukela ngaleso sikhathi ukuthi kuze kube sekupheleni kwezinsuku zayo izosebenzisa isikhathi sayo uphumule eSikoleni Samahhashi, lapho ahamba khona ezingadini nasemasimini kungekho muntu owake wamgibela futhi.
Ngo-Agasti 24, 1961, leli hhashi lashona lineminyaka engama-28, izinsalela zalo namuhla zilele e-Armored Cavalry School yaseQuillota, eChile. Umdlalo wakhe awukaze weqiwe, ubambe irekhodi lomhlaba lokugxuma kakhulu kwezamahhashi. Ekupheleni kuka-2007 kwafakwa itshe lesikhumbuzo enkumbulweni yakhe.
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