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Old 10-08-2006, 08:46 PM
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30 ton ww2 Tank pulled out of bog Still good

Amazing tale a man remembered as aboy in ww2 seeing tank tracks going into the lake. They recently pulled it out.

http://www.mil.hiiumaa.ee/2000_09_14_kurtna_T-34-36/

Low oxygen environment. No anodes

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Old 10-08-2006, 11:44 PM
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Low oxygen environment.
Just like a bog body....
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Old 10-13-2006, 01:46 AM
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Same type of thing happened with a Canadian made Valentine tank, found in a Bog near the village of Telepino, Russia (yeah, we sent them a lot of tanks early on). They sent it back to us in 1992. Isn't that nice?
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Old 10-13-2006, 10:10 AM
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when are ya'll putting them back into to service?
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Old 10-22-2006, 01:50 PM
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This is the Valentine tank pulled out of the bog in Ukraine, i took this shot yesterday if you want to see it

http://www.kingpin.ca/album16/IMG_1493
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