"Mark V from Kubinka tank museum " Topic
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Barin1 | 06 Jun 2016 11:38 a.m. PST |
…is moved for an attempt to restore it to its original glory. Would not be easy but we have several engines from MKV used as monuments. Kubinka is becoming more interesting each year… YouTube link |
Yesthatphil | 06 Jun 2016 1:47 p.m. PST |
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Hafen von Schlockenberg | 06 Jun 2016 5:58 p.m. PST |
That is cool. Hope they can get it running. |
Raynman | 06 Jun 2016 6:49 p.m. PST |
Was it missing a sponson on the one side? |
bsrlee | 06 Jun 2016 10:52 p.m. PST |
The sponsons on the early British tanks can be retracted inside the hull for transport, but I think you have to remove the 6 pdr to do so, so that might be a 'Hermaphrodite' to one 6 pdr and one MG sponson, like the one in the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. There was a post on TMP a few years ago about another MK V that was going to be 'restored', which had been mounted on a plinth in the 1920-30's – at Kursk. It looked to have received some damage that left the side plates cracked and displaced but was otherwise reasonably intact. |
Barin1 | 06 Jun 2016 11:54 p.m. PST |
This tank is at the best condition, being in museum under the roof most of the time. There're several MK's on plinths – in Kursk, in Arkhangelsk (this one has an engine) and I think there's another somewhere. Interesting that popularity of Tank online gaming helps these restoration projects – both World of Tanks and Armored Warfare are sponsoring the museum and sometimes local enthusiasts for their historical tanks projects.. |
Pzkpfwe | 12 Jun 2016 4:17 p.m. PST |
What restoration is being considered? I assume that it won't be restored to running condition, as the museum at Bovington stopped running their rhomboids after signs of the armour plate suffering from stress fractures due to their age. Barin1, there are no WW1 British tanks at Kursk, other than the MkV Kubinka example in Russia, there are two at Lughansk and one at Kharkov. link |
Barin1 | 13 Jun 2016 7:32 a.m. PST |
For sure there's one in Arhangelsk link but you're right, in Kursk they have some "components" that might be useful for restoration. Idea is to try to make it running, so we'll see. BTW, found these pics of Lugansk tank during restoration: link |
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