Here is the story of the tank and pictures click here

 

Geez, it looks better than the '57 Plymouth in Oklahoma!!

 

Thats not a lake ,its a pot hole in Edmonton

 

Too bad its a captured Russian T-34 tank. I thought it looked strange when scrolling through the first few pix. A Panzer or a Tiger would have been an extremely rare find, especially in that condition. Nonetheless, a very cool find. Thanks for the pix.

Has anyone ever seen the show called "tank overhall"? Makes car restoration look like you're building a revell plastic model kit.

One of the guys from the U.K. tank resto shop drives a Crossfire. I saw it once when he was being interviewed while leaning against it.

 

I hope those Germans used the same steel for our XFires. We will have them for a long time if they did.

 

Interesting story and pics. Thanks for sharing the link.

Bob

 

that is a very cool post.

 

The first thing I said when I saw that photo of the Plymouth after it came out of it's "Time Capsule" was: I'm glad it wasn't a Chevy".

 

two words german quality
nice story

 

"The latest news about T-34. Have successfully started the diesel engine not replacing any spare part. Have replaced only bearings on skating rolls. Assembly of the tank will soon come to the end and it will be ready to trial runs. It is planned in the following season to carry on tourists and to show it as a working exhibit of our museum."
I thought the Russians threw these together! What an engine!

 

Yeah, but it's "RUSSIAN".

 

Just not the doors.

 

I saw that show - and caught the shot of the Crossfire in the background! They are amazing craftsmen! What a hobby.

 

Now why cant i find somthing cool like that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

The T-34 was not a bad tank......it was just outclassed in every way by the German armor.

The George Patton museum of armor On Fort Knox is a great place to visit if you gave any interest in tanks.

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Panther II HPIM0328.JPGHPIM0331.JPG


And of course....the big daddy of them all King Tiger HPIM0335.JPGHPIM0337.JPG




Also of interest is the American T-28 Super Heavy Tank......prototype only.

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Just get yourself one of those metal detectors that you see guys combing the beach with.

Can you imagine the beep that a burried tank would create?

 

lol........

 

Wow, now that's what I call a "COLLECTOR"!

 

Nor was the Sherman a terrible tank ( nicknamed the Ronson buy the Brits after the UK lighter that boasted about its ablitity to light every time ). What the CCCP and US tanks lacked in technology, armament, and protection, was made up with sheer numbers and reliability.

The German tanks were hugely out numbered later in the war and when a German tank broke down it tended to stay down.

Sort of reminds me of the modern U.S. military. We'll be alright in a short engagement, but I think we could end up in the same boat as the Germans in any type of large scale protracted war. I'm sure China could whip up a modern version of the T-34 in huge numbers just as we did in WWII.