I could watch videos like that all day long lol !
I would say it is in remarkably good shape all things considered. I wonder how it ended up upside down though.
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That's great !
That is awesome! I too could watch stuff like this!
Shows how no O2 means little if any corrosion. That thing looked none the worse for wear after ~70 years. Amazing the track spun freely after a little cleaning.
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Same here. What an incredible find!!Originally Posted by abpt1
From the language, it's in Russia.
But other questions like:
Was that an AP penetration shown at 07:53?
How did they know it was there / find it?
Where is it now / state of restoration?
When did this happen?
I couldn't find form a brief internet search. I guess it's out there somewhere though.
It did look like a penetration to me.
From the begining of the video it almost looked like it was under a mound. How did they find it? Maybe Grandpa told a story of a tank burried somewhere. That is what I am thinking.
No Crew Found Inside?
Musta been a Red Cross tank huh.
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Awesome they can still find stuff laying around untouched!
Just incredible, talk about finding buried treasure.
I almost expected them to fire it up & drive it away; really looks in pristine condition.
This is the 3rd or 4th video I've seen of WWII armor being recovered from bogs/swamps in Russia in recent years. I wonder many more are laying out there?
Too bad they aren't laying around in my backyard!Just incredible, talk about finding buried treasure.
I almost expected them to fire it up & drive it away; really looks in pristine condition.
This is the 3rd or 4th video I've seen of WWII armor being recovered from bogs/swamps in Russia in recent years. I wonder many more are laying out there?
Yeah looks like it took a round from a t34 or smaller at gun.
Me too. I love the shows where they restore an old tank or fire it up for the first time in decades. Some guys took two wrecked shermans and made a whole on out of them, as in cutting them in half crosswise and soldering the good halves back together, pretty good welding there.
I figure it was upside down either since it sat in a mud bog for decades and gradually rolled, or the act of trying to move it rolled it. I was watching for the tracks to start rolling but figured that the gearbox would be rusted solid and the thing would be in gear. They musta got it outta gear or broke something to get the tracks rolling. Couldn't believe the road wheels actually rotated as well as the suspension. My guess is there's quite a hidollar market for stuff like this, Russian sellers, western/Euro buyers.
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Speaking of tank restoration:
Tiger 131 world's only operational Tiger I tank ,at the Bovington Museum in England
Is this the Tiger 1 from Saving PVT. Ryan? There were 2 actually.
My understanding on that is they didn't actually use a tiger one for that. They rigged something up to look like a tiger. I could be wrong on that though.
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I am not sure, You could tell for sure the Tiger in the 1970 Film Kelleys Hero's was a Fake. But I thought the Tiger was real in S.P.R. will have to see the scene again.
I wonder if there are any Tigers in North Africa?
Actual Tiger und Panther manuals for dl:
http://www.bills-bunker.de/117501.html
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