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Armor and ground forces of the Axis forces during World War II.
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Recovery of a Panzer IV
Sandy
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England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
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Posted: Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 09:07 PM UTC
Hi all, I found this this morning UK time the recovery of a panzer IV . Sit back and enjoy it cheers ian
http://www.detektorweb.cz/index.4me?s=show&lang=1&i=40761&mm=2&xb=2&vd=1
Spiderfrommars
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Posted: Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 09:51 PM UTC
Thanks a million, that's interesting indeed

If it were a caterpillar in 1/35 scale, it would be a nice idea for a diorama

cheers
spitfire303
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Vendee, France
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Posted: Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 10:01 PM UTC
any idea of unit, tactical number and the camo pattern ??
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England - South East, United Kingdom
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Posted: Friday, July 01, 2011 - 12:02 AM UTC
Wow what a find !

It looks like that tank suffered from a massive internal explosion and then buried itself.
Kuno-Von-Dodenburg
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Posted: Friday, July 01, 2011 - 12:17 AM UTC
Interesting indeed.

Let's hope that they can clean it up and put it all back together again using as many original parts as possible.

It'd make a lovely museam piece if restored.

- Steve
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Posted: Friday, July 01, 2011 - 12:36 AM UTC
Ok thats a Panzer 4 which has seen way better days ..almost looks like it was stripped then under the ground it went .awsome find tho ..why cant i find things like that in my back yard

After looking much more closely i am in agreement with Steven .. this thing was blown to bits ..the gun was blown out of the turret with the manlet and turret still connected and the back of the hull is blown out sideways ... ouch!

Phill
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