would that vehicle cemetery be the one near Chernobyl?
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Peeling, fading, scratches and rust. That’s all a modeler could ask for.
You think too well of us. Now Chernobyl is Ukraine, but earlier it was the USSR.
No, this is an “ordinary” cemetery of old military equipment. The material does not explicitly say, but it seems to be the Kaliningrad region.
We have a lot of such cemeteries, as well as “you” have. Are you still surprised about the modernization of the T-62. And what to do with them? They released more than 20,000 pieces!
(Photo from Ukraine)
Edit: I’m sorry. I found a fresh comment on the last photo:
“This is not a tank graveyard. But a sump for restoration at the Kharkov Armored Plant.
Now almost all the T80 and T72 that were there have been repaired and transferred to the troops. Mostly T-64s remained."
There are many photographs of different “cemeteries”.
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As Rob says, if you can’t do touch ups you aint doing the major checks.
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PzH 2000 SPH’s repaired in Lithuania are being returned to the battlefield in Ukraine :
H.P.
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I thought in WW2 the Germans figured out that a white cross just made a good point to target. So why is history repeating itself on that Bushmaster? Yes and lots of other equipment.
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When both sides use very similar or same equipment the danger of friendly fire is greater than the danger from the enemy?
Where do you get 800 tanks worth of parts? I don’t think they will retool all the parts so scavenging is a possibility?
the worn-out paint would definitely be a hell of a project.
That place is impressive. Having visited Anniston Army Depot in Alabama, USA and living next to David-Monthan AFB in Arizona, USA. THe sheer size of these storage facilities is just impressive.
M1A1 Abrams and M2 Bradleys at Sierra Army Depot, California, USA.
M88A1 ARVs at Anniston Army Depot, Alabama, USA.
T-72 Tank refurbishing at Ukroboronprom in Lviv, Ukraine. 2016.
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Ah, beautiful FN MAG. I love it.
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i read somewhere that some vehicles left at Chernobyl had been put back into military use even though they are contaminated but i am not sure which side is using them.
I can only imagine 36 years of radiation exposure, the elements and decay within the Red Zone can’t be good for the wiring and electronics inside any kind of vehicle.
I doubt the Russians could just fuel those vehicles up drive them away, so I can assume it was the Ukrainians that did it, if the story is even legitimate.
Anybody know if Red River Army Depot still exists for overhauling and storage of equipment?
I will say that the stuff at Anniston and Sierra looks in better shape than the photos of the Russian storage areas. But without contemporaneous photos to show degradation over time they do not show an honest comparison.
RRAD is the main overhaul depot for the MLRS and HIMARS systems, also for the Bradley, the HEMMT, the HETT AND THE FMTV.
Still operational.
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Thanks for that Reynier. All of the rebuild 113 family tracks we had at Ft Polk that I ever saw had a RRAD stamping on them.
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Is it missing any rivets? 
