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unhappycamper

(60,364 posts) Wed Jun 6, 2012, 08:57 AM Jun 2012

Kharkov Tank Repair Plant

http://ukrainetrek.com/blog/army/kharkov-tank-repair-plant/#more-2306

Kharkov Tank Repair Plant
Jun/12

Kharkov Tank Repair Plant specializes in the overhaul and modernization of T-64, T-72, and T-80 tanks and tank engines 5TDF, and GTD-1250. The plant also repairs tank sights, laser range finders, and a range of guided weapons.

By the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union the plant repaired about 60 tanks and 55 engines a month. Currently, the plant doesn’t have a lot of work and the area looks a bit abandoned. Photos by Pasha Itkin.

Note: more pics at link

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Kharkov Tank Repair Plant (Original Post) unhappycamper Jun 2012 OP

Cool Shots! Sherman A1 Jun 2012 #1

Looks like the hard target Tank graveyard at Graffenwohr. era veteran Aug 2012 #2

Sherman A1

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1. Cool Shots!

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Wed Jun 6, 2012, 09:09 AM

Jun 2012

Like the photos (military history buff and all), but one has to consider the tremendous amount of resources wasted on weapons of all types. This is just a shining example of the waste, however better those tanks rot here than be used in some sort of military adventure.

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2. Looks like the hard target Tank graveyard at Graffenwohr.

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Mon Aug 20, 2012, 10:08 AM

Aug 2012

Not as well kept.
French AMX 13's. I blew a lot of these POS up. Off limits but we were looking for a stolen 1911.

<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="" border="0" alt="Graf 1976, Tank graveyard a cool place to explore."></a>

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