ussr red army tanks graveyard east

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[tired1]

USSR red army tanks graveyard— few km east of Kabul, Afghanistan When Russia left Afghanistan after the war, a lot of their equipment was left behind.

[tired1]

Might get a good deal on somewhat used Soviet tanks here.

[hinckley buzzard]

Could make a modest sized but decent artifical reef somewhere. They'll never run again.

[oyez]

I would imagine the ones that appear to be most serviceable have had thermite ignited over the engine block.

[randomhero97]

Very cool.

Afghanistan's terrain doesn't seem too inviting for heavily mechanized units.

[PaleoBob]

Cash for Cold War clunkers?

[GeronL]

Cool, a future Afghan Theme Park?

[Reaganesque]

Tetanus-land?

[rottndog]

Looks like a playground for Warthogs.

[Shqipo]

The ‘Parking Lot of Death!’

[Recon Dad]

Most of them have been shot to hell by our guys for target practice. My son has a picture of himself sitting on top of a T-72 in that field from back during his first Afghan deployment in 2002.

[GeronL]

lol.

Putsch Land?

[TheBattman]

And now our “President” has told the terrorists when there will be a similar US equipment graveyard over there....

[IronJack]

Lotta steel there for the recycler ...

[bert]

That proves the Afghan incursion was an economic victory for the Russians. Just think of all the jobs created to replace the lost armor.

[SeeSharp]

Looks like mine field bait.

[norwaypinesavage]

Anyone who doubts the capability of American industry needs to hear the story of MRAPs (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles). Only a few years ago, a visionary Marine (who also might have been a soldier, or sailor, or airman) saw the need for ‘mine resistant ambush protected vehicles’. Less than a year later, more than a half dozen American companies were sending MRAPS to the war zones. These vehicles are not lying in a rusting heap as these Soviet tanks, they are protecting the brave men and women of the American armed services. God bless the USA.

[PhilDragoo]

Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Armored Vehicles

[mad_as_he$$]

Those thing have been picked over and stripped to the hulks. The NA still operates some Soviet stuff. That was the parts bin.

[Thunder90]

A-10 bait....

Could just call Pootie Poot on the phone and have the stuff removed....

[papasmurf]

With 0bama in charge, we need to be careful that we don’t do the same.