mil.hiiumaa.ee — 14 September 2000, a Komatsu dozer pulled an abandoned tank from its archival tomb under the bottom of a lake near Johvi, Estonia. The Soviet-built T34 tank had been resting at the bottom of the lake for 56 years. It was found that oil was still in the tank, and the Estonian war history club members successfully started the engine.
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niqhilSep 15, 2006
I want to see what pulled that thing out of that mud. .!
bbbrentSep 15, 2006
@goffy59 - you'll be thinking of this:<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stg_44">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stg_44</a>
af_geekSep 15, 2006
I was thinking the same thing.If the shells were in wooden crates, and the crates rotted... Also, don't most explosives get more unstable over time? Yeah, I'd be nervous.I doubt they'd booby-trap it then sink it, though.
msipesSep 15, 2006
Why does that tank have German markings on it? Look at the 4th to last picture. That is a German army insignia!
patrickbwellsSep 16, 2006
Misleading Title "...and all systems (except the engine) in working condition."
pignanelliSep 18, 2006
What I want to know is what happened to the f**kers who drove the thing into the lake 50 years ago? Did they escape through a hatch, or just mummify, or what?
obkenobiSep 20, 2006
"UAZ jeeps and trucks are the same category. Rumor has it that western scientists couldn't figure out why the engine runs at all but it just does, even with vodka in case you run out of petrol."Not surprising with diesel multi-fuel engines. There are numerous military vehicles capable of this.What IS surprising is that consumer vehicles don't get these engines.