We had a T62 in my unit - we repaired a HEAT hole in the turret with bondo...
I hope you repaired it with the help of duct tape! That works for everything. After you buff it out and repaint it looks like new!
How was the workmanship in the vehicle? The Czechs had some pretty unkind words to say about those things and were glad to get some T-72s to replace ‘em.
What are the old rusting carcasses of Russian tanks doing in Laos? Well, where there’s a tank, there was a war. Laos got dragged into the Vietnam War (1955- 1975) and paid dearly for it. A significant portion of the war was fought on Laotian territory, and Laos is actually reckoned to be most bombed nation on Earth. A fact that’s hard to fathom, reported by The Guardian, is that “Laos was hit by an average of one B-52 bombload every eight minutes, 24 hours a day, between 1964 and 1973.” Truly a statistic that quantifies the utter madness of the conflict.
This is the tagline from one of the photos referencing the tank graveyard in Laos. If my math is correct, this would total 11,340 B-52 sorties. Since, there were only 2,500 B-52 sorties flown in support of the siege at Khe Sahn I am absolutely astounded at this assertion. Any of you Vietnam vets want to vouch or question the statement above?
According to the American War Library only 84,000 B-52 missions were flown between 1965-1971.
What do you think Zot?
Thanks,
TS