Resurected Russian tank destroyer

Thats amazing that it started after all those years, and was able to move, I figure the tracks would have been well seized by now as well as a lot of other stuff.
 
That is AWESOME!!! Too bad they had to dewat the barrel, where the eff would you get ammo anyways. I wonder what their plans for it are? I would resto that bastard.
 
I imagine it wasn't really a "lost" tank, its been sitting in a field for 65 years in town. I wonder why the Russians never picked it up after the war.
 
there is no way the russians left this there for 60 years . it would have been cut up and sold for scrap long ago. more likely it was surpluses recently and sat for 1or2 years. possibly for a local war memorial there every were in russia. lots of German graveyards also.
 
gaff said:
there is no way the russians left this there for 60 years . it would have been cut up and sold for scrap long ago. more likely it was surpluses recently and sat for 1or2 years. possibly for a local war memorial there every were in russia. lots of German graveyards also.
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Exactly, and it's just too clean inside and out to have been outside for 68 years. There's no dirt in the wheels, no moss growing on it. It would have sunk further down. No dead grass underneath it when they moved it.

The wiring, gaskets, oil, etc would have had to been checked and replaced as it just wouldn't start as easy as it did. It was well maintained over the years.
 
If you look closely at the vid it looks like they removed some kind of building from around the tank. The grass is a different color around it.
 
That tank looks like it was a "gate guardian" in some village that was starting to be a bit shabby and in need of attention. Here is a T34 that had an interesting life and must be a little time capsule once recovered, I believe they did get this tank running again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNJ-acc9Qsk
 
Before you lionize the Russians for their WWII technology, remember they were brutalizing their own people, savaging the landscape with filthy factories and industrial pollution, and still making primitize equipment. Their tanks were crude beyond belief. Yes it is a 12cylinder engine, but it starts with compressed air. Almost no electricals, except for a few lights. Bearings? Don't need them. The tank would be dead in weeks, long before it wore out from the inside. Slag in the welds? Pffft. If the third and fifth tanks can finish the attack, that is a successful production run.
 
Before you lionize the Russians for their WWII technology, remember they were brutalizing their own people,
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No Sh!t ! I thought all the commies would be at the NDP leadership convention or hanging with trudeau

then again remember the news ? apparently Chavez was not a bad guy after all

and don't forget who sold the Soviets the Christie suspension system
 
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