[cgk]

How cool is that?? Great pic, too!

[Crawdad]

I'm going to get me a peat bog for storage purposes. Things really seem to keep well in one.

[AppyPappy]

It seems to be missing its machine guns.

[mutley]

Pretty neat!

[eyespysomething]

I wanna see what they used to pull it out!

Photo of tank being pulled out of bog

[2banana]

From February to September 1944, heavy battles were fought in the narrow, 50 km-wide, Narva front in the northeastern part of Estonia. Over 100,000 men were killed and 300,000 men were wounded there.

In a little known battle of WWII - more men died than (for America) in the wars of Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War and the War on Terrorism combined...

[Darth Republican]

Submitted for your approval... a stormy night on
the Eastern Front during a blazing battle in the hell on
earth called World War II. A tank, lost in the haze
and soon to be lost for an eternity...in the Twilight Zone.

[Little Ray]

That must be one heck of a bulldozer to pull 27 tons of tank out of a peat bog!

[r9etb]

LOL! I like the embedded advertisements for the Komatsu bulldozer....

[mikeus_maximus]

I thought I'd heard these were the best tanks of WWII. T 34's were to Panzers what Panzers were to Shermans. Can someone more knowledgeable confirm or deny?

[Thombo2]

Great pic-looks almost brand new.Is that a German iron cross(?)painted in white on the front?

[GarySpFc]

If this is a Soviet tank, then why does it have German markings?

[edpc]

Mr Igor Shedunov initiated diving expeditions to the bottom of the lake about a year ago. At the depth of 7 metres they discovered the tank resting under a 3-metre layer of peat.

I know there was a well preserved B-29 at the bottom of Lake Mead in NV. The fresh lack of marine life at that depth kept the aircraft, even the seat cushions, in great condition. This story, however, doesn't seem to fit the photos. According to the text, the tank was under 21 feet of water and 9 feet of peat. Was the lake drained?

[Young Werther]

When NASA placed a side looking radar on the shuttle and scanned much of the planet below the shuttles orbit many interesting burried objects were found. The Nile river path which had shifted over the eons was seen under the desert sands, NASA didn't have enough money to "look at" all the images so they are stored in an archive in the University of North Dakota!, (real cold storage!).

I wonder how much of the weapons systems and supplies of the Africa Korps and the Allied Armies are preserved. Remember the lost B-24?

[mystery-ak]

WOW, it's in such good shape except for a little rust.

[caver]

That is cool. I googled the bulldozer. It's not near as big as I thought it would be.

[Cap'n Crunch]

WOW! I understand the T-34 was designed by an American and could have been our main battle tank.

Neat.

[blam]

Sounds like an advertisement for Komatsu equipment.

[The Louiswu]

Comrades - We are now A SUPERPOWER!!!

[rochester_veteran]

It's amazing how the tank is in such good shape. Peat bogs preserve bodies as well, probably due to the high level of tannic acid in the bogs. Check this out: