Subdeacon Joe Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 http://defensetech.org/2012/06/05/tanks-as-far-as-the-eye-can-see/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Looks like a large back log for repair LOL! GG ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonk Thimblerig Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Check out Murmask and Polyarny on Google Earth. The entire Soviet Northern Fleet is crammed into every little nook, cranny and inlet in the place. There are ships sunk right at the docks, and destroyers laid over on their sides. It looks like they just went home, ran them aground and abandoned them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Lot of scrap value there; I'm surprised most of it hasn't been sold. There was a regular market in the 60s and 70s and into the 80s for Sherman tank hulls, until they were gone. Undercarriages used for fast-track off-road logging equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 We will bury you!" Nikki Kruschev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 We will bury you!" Nikki Kruschev Stated while banging his shoe on the table... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Woodrow Cahill, SASS # 54363 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 I guess I'd rather see them all in a parking lot than pouring across the borders into Western Europe. Check out Murmask and Polyarny on Google Earth. The entire Soviet Northern Fleet is crammed into every little nook, cranny and inlet in the place. There are ships sunk right at the docks, and destroyers laid over on their sides. It looks like they just went home, ran them aground and abandoned them. No money to mothball them properly. Wonder what's become of some of their older nuke subs ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Brought to mind the old Bumper Sticker that said: "Drive defensively. Buy a tank." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chantry Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 The Russian military is just a shadow of what it used to be. From what I understand, they had to search the entire military to find qualified soldiers to man the units that invaded Georgia a couple of years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Check out Murmask and Polyarny on Google Earth. The entire Soviet Northern Fleet is crammed into every little nook, cranny and inlet in the place. There are ships sunk right at the docks, and destroyers laid over on their sides. It looks like they just went home, ran them aground and abandoned them. In contrast, Google Earth "Norfolk, Virginia" and zoom in on the navy base. Purty~!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 You're welcome, Joe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shoer 27979 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Lot of scrap value there; I'm surprised most of it hasn't been sold. There was a regular market in the 60s and 70s and into the 80s for Sherman tank hulls, until they were gone. Undercarriages used for fast-track off-road logging equipment. don't be to sure about that Red, when I was stationed in Mannheim Germany '79-'84 there was an Army Depot in Germersheim that I use to go to all the time that had rows and rows and rows of Sherman Tanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 don't be to sure about that Red, when I was stationed in Mannheim Germany '79-'84 there was an Army Depot in Germersheim that I use to go to all the time that had rows and rows and rows of Sherman Tanks All facing East...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 All those things are spare parts for the Syrians? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shoer 27979 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 All facing East...? :lol: I don't know Hardpan it was a long time ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Pony Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Tanks are ok but I want a MIG 17:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 don't be to sure about that Red, when I was stationed in Mannheim Germany '79-'84 there was an Army Depot in Germersheim that I use to go to all the time that had rows and rows and rows of Sherman Tanks I'm sure. We've been trying to get a govt Sherman for the VFW post for a long time. Fuggedaboutit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foul Mouth Frank Shutz Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 I guess I'd rather see them all in a parking lot than pouring across the borders into Western Europe. No money to mothball them properly. Wonder what's become of some of their older nuke subs ... Sold to the Iranians? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 From what I've read, they're rusting in port, Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacker, SASS #55963 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Anybody remember the US Army add that started with different views of the M-60 tank and words about it only comes in one color, gets 5 gallons to the mile (or whatever), can turn on a dime, then the turret swings to the camera or vice versa and as you are looking down the barrel, the logo says but nobody fights you for a parking space. Join the US Army! That ad for US Army has always stuck with me for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacker, SASS #55963 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 I hope the choppers the ruskies are sending to the syrians are in the same shape as some of these tanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foul Mouth Frank Shutz Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 From what I've read, they're rusting in port, Frank The thought of rusting nukes gives me a whole new set of heebie jeebies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Well, that is a little scarey, isn't it? I've also read that they took some of the reactors out and just dumped them in the ocean some where Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foul Mouth Frank Shutz Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Well, that is a little scarey, isn't it? I've also read that they took some of the reactors out and just dumped them in the ocean some where Surfing at night will be a lot easier when the water glows in the dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 I[d like to have a T-72 tank. I'd be the coolest kid on the block. I wonder how much the tag would be. "Hello Allstate, I'd like to insure my new tank." "No collision, I just need liability" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Dog, SASS #20401 Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 I'm sure. We've been trying to get a govt Sherman for the VFW post for a long time. Fuggedaboutit. Dang UB I dunno why y'all are so snakebit. In recent years our VFW post has added a Gulf War I M60, an F4 Phantom, an F105 thud, a Huey and other displays to our Freedom Museum here in our little town. We already had a B24, a big CG chopper, a WWII half-track, an 8 inch gun SP, etc etc. And yes a tank gets 5 gallons to the mile. Mine (permit me the possessive even tho it was mine,yours,and ours) held 500 gallons and would go 100 miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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