| Barin1 | 09 Oct 2017 1:36 p.m. PST |
yet another video, showing how a swamp can preserve old armor.
YouTube link It is a rare flamethrower version of T-34. Taking aside all these "shocking" from video description it is in very good shape. Looking at the robes of our Emergency Situations Ministry, it seems that the tank is recovered near Velikiye Luky.I'm sure it will be running soon , as the mechanic saying that it is almost intact. The channel has some other interesting videos, too.
Also gives you a feeling of a job of WWII recovery teams…imagine doing this under fire.. |
| Rob Richardson | 09 Oct 2017 2:25 p.m. PST |
Barin, Is this a recent recovery? |
| FABET01 | 09 Oct 2017 3:37 p.m. PST |
It's in really great shape. |
79thPA  | 09 Oct 2017 4:02 p.m. PST |
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| Lion in the Stars | 09 Oct 2017 7:17 p.m. PST |
Not even bottomless swamp will stop Glorious Motherland's tanks!  Quite the find, Barin. Is she going to go to a museum? |
| Barin1 | 09 Oct 2017 11:59 p.m. PST |
I've made a search, and I found that this particular tank travelled to far north, where its crew was drafted during WWII. Not in the museum, but at least it is a memorial.
link And there were other finds near Velikiye Luki later on, in 2009
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and before.
There's another one recovered in Voronezh region in 2016
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This one went to Alabino "Military Disneyland" so I guess I might even see it there…
Found a story about a Stug recovered near Velikye Luki in 2002…with some bribing and corruption it ended in one of the collections in the West.
Nowadays the state is trying to keep control at least for armor/planes, etc., but still a lot of "black archeologists" are in the fields… |
| MajorB | 10 Oct 2017 10:36 a.m. PST |
yet another video, showing how a swamp can preserve old armor. Must be at least the third time I've seen this on TMP. |
| Barin1 | 10 Oct 2017 11:21 a.m. PST |
well…I've posted several other videos, including the tank getting out of the swamp on its own, but don't recall seeing this one. However you might have better memory than me… |
| goragrad | 10 Oct 2017 4:22 p.m. PST |
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 Legion 4 | 11 Oct 2017 1:20 p.m. PST |
Regardless … it demonstrates how durable, efficient, etc. the Russia design was. You probably wouldn't find a similar thing occur with a IFJ Type 94, 95, 97, etc. |
| Ceterman | 13 Oct 2017 4:57 p.m. PST |
Damn! That was so cool1 Legion 4, great point too. Thanks for posting… |
checks out the Panthers for D-Day: Germans.