"The Salvagers who raise WW 2 Tanks from the dead" Topic
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| Tango01 | 04 Apr 2019 9:48 p.m. PST |
"When the German army attacked the Soviet Union in the summer of 1941, tanks were a crucial factor in their initial success. German tanks roared across the Soviet border giving the enemy no time to recover. As the Soviets reeled under the surprise attack, the most powerful German formations swept through what is now Belarus. Huge battles were fought, leaving the land strewn with dead bodies and ruined machines. Now, more than 75 years after the fighting, both Soviet and German tanks are being lifted from the marshes in Belarus. One Belarusian family has been looking for tanks littered all over the country's vast marshes and restoring them. With photographer Anton Skyba, I was able to witness one heavy Soviet tank, a KV-1, being restored after its recovery – and its participation in a re-enactment of a World War Two battle…"
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Marc33594  | 05 Apr 2019 5:53 a.m. PST |
Wow, talk about dedication! I wonder about being a German re-enactor in Belarus. Nice find and as always thanks Armand. |
| skipper John | 05 Apr 2019 7:01 a.m. PST |
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| Chuckaroobob | 05 Apr 2019 7:48 a.m. PST |
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| Cuprum | 05 Apr 2019 8:26 a.m. PST |
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 StoneMtnMinis | 05 Apr 2019 10:11 a.m. PST |
Thanks for posting a very interesting article. Dave |
| Tango01 | 05 Apr 2019 11:35 a.m. PST |
Happy you enjoyed it my friends!. (smile)
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| Bunkermeister | 05 Apr 2019 10:03 p.m. PST |
Too many of these guys are just grave robbers in my opinion. The discovery of a tank or other property should be handled like any ancient military site and given proper documentation. They should be doing proper field work like archeologists do; with drawings, photos, picking up all the tiny nuts, bolts, screws, coins, bones, scrapes and bits and documenting everything. This is history they are playing with and while it's great to retrieve these tanks we don't want to lose all the data that goes with the site. Mike Bunkermeister Creek
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| hindsTMP | 14 Apr 2019 8:37 a.m. PST |
I agree; good find! Wow, talk about dedication! I wonder about being a German re-enactor in Belarus. According to the article, the re-enactments are staged by the Stalin Line museum complex: "At least 15 times a year the complex, having built up a collection of working machines from the Second World War, shows battles re-enactments". MH |
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bases up the start of his 1:72 scale WWII Russians.
