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Lucky Russians.
Russian locals find 100 tanks left by roadside
Russian locals find 100 tanks left by roadside | News.com.au
ABOUT 100 modern Russian tanks have been discovered abandoned on the side of a road in the country's Ural mountains.
Video clips from the E1.ru website that were rebroadcast on Russian television showed local people clambering over some of the unguarded T-80 tanks that were parked in long rows in Kamishlovsk, about 100km from the Ural city of Yekaterinburg.
"There are tanks all over the forest, abandoned," an unnamed reporter on the video says.
"If you need one, come and get it."
Russian military prosecutors are probing how the tanks, Russia's main battle tank, came to be left in such a situation, state news agency RIA reported.
Russia is currently streamlining its massive military, with some commanders recently quoted in the Russian media as saying they only require half of the country's 20,000 tanks.
“the misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing compared to the misery of not being exploited at all” -- Joan Robinson
I wish I could have one of those standing around my house.
Lucky Russians.
Last edited by sohamsri; 02 Mar 10, at 04:47.
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Shoot, and those aren't just any old tanks, those are state-of-the-art T-80's with the gas-turbine engines; amazing that they haven't been missed until now. T-90's I could understand, but not T-80's!
"Yeah. See, we plan ahead, that way we don't do anything right now. Earl explained it to me." - Tremors, 1990
Not even 1 or 2. There's 100 of them ! We'll be seeing them on ebay soon.)
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How does one lose an entire armored brigade???
The best part of repentance is the sin
A video of the same :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFXJD...ture=topvideos
Last edited by sohamsri; 02 Mar 10, at 07:40.
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Its not 100. Its 200 of them. Mix of T-80s and T-72s.
"We were shocked," Pavel L, a local, told Russian media. "It is like you can sit behind the wheel, start up the engine and drive off and nobody would notice!"
They are being moved now.A military spokesman claimed the tanks were in fact being guarded by special patrols and were in the process of being dispatched to a military base. But military prosecutors appeared sceptical about his claims and opened an official investigation. Wary of further bad publicity, the army has urgently begun relocating the tanks.
200 Russian tanks found abandoned in forest - Telegraph
" THe SiLEnt KNighT.
Could be a hefty fuel bill if we tried to drive one home.
On the plus side, I can tell people where to put that horn.
"Only Nixon can go to China." -- Old Vulcan proverb.
Just don't stand behind, to the side or just about anywhere other than let's say within a 30 degree angle of the drivers hatch.Originally Posted by chakos
An Asian driver in a tank... god no
Reddite igitur quae sunt Caesaris Caesari et quae sunt Dei Deo
(Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's and unto God the things which are God's)
An Asian driver in a tank... god noCould be a hefty fuel bill if we tried to drive one home.
On the plus side, I can tell people where to put that horn.
The best part of repentance is the sin
And I'll be on the phone too, arguing about the phone bill being too expensive.An Asian driver in a tank... god no
"Only Nixon can go to China." -- Old Vulcan proverb.
"How does one lose an entire armored brigade???"
Screw up their direct-deposit?
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Vladimir Putin was having a private meeting at the Kremlin when the phone rang...
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Lol
“the misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing compared to the misery of not being exploited at all” -- Joan Robinson
Maybe the crews had the Russian Orthodox version of Rapture happen to them?
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