Posted on 11/16/2006 7:37:36 AM PST by pabianice
The design was Soviet. Its suspension system was an American design, but the complete tank is Soviet.
LOL, my thoughts, too.
Thanks for the link to the photos!
Don't know if I would have wanted to stand that close to a large object being pulled up by cables, but they seemed to have a pretty good crowd for the event.
Specifications
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/row/t-34.htm
Ahd more at
http://www.achtungpanzer.com/t34.htm
Seems the T34/76 and T34/85 are still in service today - Cuba for one, still has them in active service. IIRC the IDF had used some of them till recently.
I saw a picture of a German Tiger with US markings. It was abandoned during the Battle of the Bulge. I think the tank is down at Aberdeen Proving Grounds (MD) on display in their tank park.
Yep, the T-34 saved Russia's butt, especially at battles such as Kursk IMHO...strange how an atheistic Communist country could design such a gem; I guess God figured that Nazism was worse and inspired the design. I also think Mr. Kalashnikov deserves a lot of credit for his assault rifle of the 1950s and 60s--if he'd been an American he would have been a billionaire instead of a penniless pensioner of a failed Soviet system.
Ultracool!
makes you wonder what else from WWII might be down there
Why not read the article?
I read the article, but overlooked the part about it being captured. Hopefully, you noticed many others have pointed this out to me.
It was a perfect ad for the bull dozer....Remember that pickup truck in Twister? After seeing that movie, everyone wanted one of those.
Gotcha. Great tank.
what (who) is that ???
The only Tiger family vehicle they have left is a JagdTiger tank destroyer, and it is in deplorable condition. The bog tank is far better preserved.
I guess it has been a long time since I visited the armor park down at Aberdeen. You're right, an awful lot of the AFV's down there are turning into rusting hulks.
Or WWI... or what's in some of the peat bogs in the USA!
I had no idea they didn't turn into a rusted hunk of junk! These pictures are stunning.
True. I just liked the "19,000 hours without major repairs" part. Reminds me of the time I happened to be at an Air Force football game on High School Band Day. One of the bands formed an F-117, and without missing a beat the announcer dropped into "air-show" mode, describing the plane and its capabilities....
LOL! That's the head of a bog body that was found in a bog on the Jutland Peninsula of Denmark. He's named Tollund Man and he lived in the 4th century BC! It looks like peat bogs are also good at preserving tanks as well!
I was last there in 2001, and things were in very sad shape. The museum has been closed to the public for some time and has only recently reopened, so I can't vouch for the current condition.
Peat bogs are as they are because they're almost completely oxygen free -- hence, no rust. They preserve anything: there are lots of perfectly preserved bodies found in peat bogs.
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