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Another T-34 pulled from a river
Kenaicop
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Posted: Thursday, July 14, 2016 - 11:36 PM UTC
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3692189/World-War-II-tank-pulled-bottom-Russian-river.html
jasegreene
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Posted: Friday, July 15, 2016 - 12:28 AM UTC
Has anybody paid close attention to this report,they said the T-34/76 was one built in Stalingrad.Even when watching the video it looked liked it to me.
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Posted: Friday, July 15, 2016 - 01:56 AM UTC
The pointed shape of the mantlet makes it an STZ model i think.
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Posted: Friday, July 15, 2016 - 02:23 AM UTC

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Has anybody paid close attention to this report,they said the T-34/76 was one built in Stalingrad.Even when watching the video it looked liked it to me.

You can see the interlocked armor on the rear plate after the vehicle was cleaned up (mortice joints). That was also characteristic of STZ tanks.
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Posted: Friday, July 15, 2016 - 02:43 AM UTC
Those T34 should learn that they're not amphious tanks
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Posted: Friday, July 15, 2016 - 03:01 AM UTC

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Those T34 should learn that they're not amphious tanks


It was trying to migrate down stream.
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Posted: Friday, July 15, 2016 - 09:42 AM UTC
So, how far from Stalingrad did it make before it went into the drink?
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