Two Sherman tanks recovered in Russia

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Two Sherman tanks recovered in Russia

Post by wreckless » Sun Jul 16, 2017 10:33 am

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Re: Two Sherman tanks recovered in Russia

Post by 70th Division » Sun Jul 16, 2017 10:52 am

Very Nice !!

Excellent work by the Russian Navy recovering these tanks.
Preserving history and placing them at a museum for all to enjoy.
The recovery also helps preserve the memory of US-Russia WW2 Allied assistance fighting the worst war in human history and the cost that
the US Merchant Marine paid during WW2 especially on the Murmansk Run in bitter conditions and U-Boats all around.

It looks like they recovered more than just the tanks, in one part there is a CCKW tire and rim, and some other equipment.

Here is an additional link for more videos :

https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=14e_1435926489

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Re: Two Sherman tanks recovered in Russia

Post by Mark Jesic » Sun Jul 16, 2017 11:33 am

Amazing video, thanks for posting, how the hell did they get down there ? We had something similar here in England, at a village called Torcross. Fishermen were complaining about their nets snagging on something on the sea bed. Some divers went down and discovered a Sherman tank , a guy called Ken Small salvaged it and put it on a plynth in the local car park as a monument to the American troops who died in the manouvers called Exercise Tiger. When the salvage team got it back on the beach, amazingly the wheels started turning after 40 years underwater. They greased it well. It was a duplex drive tank, and looks an amazing sight, although it is coated in a black type bitumen to preserve it.


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