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Originally Posted by danasan
Very impressive pictures, thanks for sharing. A lot has been done since I was there in the early '90s. If I am correct, the T34 had a nice hole in the turm...  Oh, and I saw the working ones running at an open air event then... |
The T34 had a nice hole, as did the Tiger. I'm not sure what got it but given the depth of the armour it must have been at really close range and probably not survivable for the crew.
It was interesting to see that some of the vehicles had been gifted back to Germany in the 1950s. It seems that Germany as a nation was forgiven by the 50s and that other nations were interested in maintaining some of the military cultural heritage - the U995 was also given back in the same time period. Maybe it's a case of
the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
First the Western tanks:
