Surplus armour in Afghanistan
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dougeagle
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Wow...I had no idea. Very interesting of coarse. But what would be interesting to see is if the Afgan National Army does use them and would they be upgraded with more up to date modern electronics and so forth.
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Looks like 86 to me...that can't be good, leaving the turrets open but it probably doesn't rain like it does here!
A young fellow who is a brother to a gamer friend on mine living in Canada, who was in the Army - drove an M1 in Iraq - was telling me that there were many WWII era tanks left on gunnery ranges and vehicle parks in Iraq - Pz.Kpfw IVs etc...what a shame!
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A young fellow who is a brother to a gamer friend on mine living in Canada, who was in the Army - drove an M1 in Iraq - was telling me that there were many WWII era tanks left on gunnery ranges and vehicle parks in Iraq - Pz.Kpfw IVs etc...what a shame!
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Interesting pics. It appears that there are several T-62s in the mix, not just T-55s.
The US Army collected two Renault FT-17s from a depot in Afghanistan. They were shipped back to the states, and turned over the the Patton Museum of Armor at Ft. Knox. A friend of mine, Tim, has gotten the museum to allow him to restore one to running condition (I would say to fund him, except that the funding is rather sporatic at best). He's been working on it for a couple years now. Not an easy task.
Modern Marvels did a story on WW1 tanks about 2 years ago, and featured him (Tim) and his restoration project.
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Pz IVs? Feh. There are older and rarer items than that!Ritter wrote: A young fellow who is a brother to a gamer friend on mine living in Canada, who was in the Army - drove an M1 in Iraq - was telling me that there were many WWII era tanks left on gunnery ranges and vehicle parks in Iraq - Pz.Kpfw IVs etc...what a shame!
The US Army collected two Renault FT-17s from a depot in Afghanistan. They were shipped back to the states, and turned over the the Patton Museum of Armor at Ft. Knox. A friend of mine, Tim, has gotten the museum to allow him to restore one to running condition (I would say to fund him, except that the funding is rather sporatic at best). He's been working on it for a couple years now. Not an easy task.
Modern Marvels did a story on WW1 tanks about 2 years ago, and featured him (Tim) and his restoration project.
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