When I saw the title, my first thought was “hello, someone’s pulled out that T-34 in a lake” story that keeps getting rehashed from time to time, but this one is something entirely different.
It seems that 200 modern tanks, T-72’s and T-80’s have been found parked in a forest, unguarded and unlocked.
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http://www.smh.com.au/world/russian-army-tanks-abandoned-in-forest-20100301-pdjv.html
Video here:
[:O]Yeah…that’s nuts. I’ts like all the crews just dissapeared into the Twilight zone. Those tanks sat there all winter too–never happen here. Those tanks would be stolen overnight.
Naw, here in the states, the tanks would be on blocks, all gear and even the seats stolen, and would be covered in graffiti!
Are these the kind of patrols that get a ride in the short bus?
Nonsense! They would all be listed on eBay, but not all at once, as that would drive the price down.
They guy in upper New York should buy them for his “battles”…
Put me down for one of each. Say, does anyone have a Globemaster I could borrow ?
Careful, this could turn into a CIA operation in a second! Russian tanks used in an offensive capacity in some country ending in ‘stan!’
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It’s winter right, just drive them across the bering straight, Russian’s will neveer know, but you might be stopped by Canada’s armed icebreakers [;)]
You guys have it all wrong!
The CO2 coming from the exhaust of those Rooskie tanks caused a micro climate change which warmed the area and caused all that snow to fall.
Naturally, the Rooskies realized what happened and immediately shut down the engines and walked home.
No kidding…Man wish I could just “bump” into some newly abandoned tanks in the woods.
Bob
I’ll take one as both my birthday present, fathers day present and, Xmas present all rolled up into one. I’ll give it a good home. The best part would be that a certain young speeding driver in my neighborhood (50+ mph in a residential area and a very short street) would be less likely to do that. Ever! Ah dare to dream cheers Dave
I wonder if those weren’t “accidentally” left there in one of the many ex Soviet black market deals, to be picked up by the buyers. A lot of that has been going on since the communist government went into hiding (I’m not at all convinced that it is completely gone).