Could be good dio ideas.....
http://www.pbase.com/greywolf2003/tank_recovery
http://www.pbase.com/greywolf2003/lav_recovery

Enjoy !
Frenchy

Thank for sharing this mate

more than 0.5 g/l for the tank driver ??

merci

seb

I don't know...But I hope he had a good pressure washer !

Frenchy

Frenchy
well i'm also wondering if the M1 will work after.
Did you notice that the left track is missing on the flat bed trucks when it is still present where the tank is down in the dam, nevertheless the other track is still on even cover of mud.

Does any of us has any explanation about this accident ?

are mud baths good for tanks ?? :-) :-)
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seb

Well I don't know about this very incident, but I've read several OIF stories about dykes collapsing under the weight of heavy AFVs and night driving along ditches being risky as well....

Frenchy

Very interesting. I think that would make quite an interesting dio

Definitely would make a nice dio indeed. Question is, how do you get a figurine that would have the same guilty expressions as the ones in these photos?

In the first gallery, I am wondering what the men leaning against the tank are wearing around their shoulders. Is this new? Or is it something that just is not worn that much (i've read where men have removed their armor plates from their IBA for convenience sake)?

Bob

Well, everyone here seems well versed in the unfortunate events that are not combat related. The roads along irragation ditches were designed for tractors, obviously not tanks. This was/is a common occurance in Iraq and Afghanistan. Even the HMMWV has difficulties because it is wider than the typical civilian car in those regions, and most roads in Afghanistan are not paved. And we try to avoid roads for obvious reasons.

Ther unique items seen on the shoulders in a couple of pictures is a supplemental piecs of body armor to protect the shoulder and armpit. This could easily be scratch built with thin foil.

ok, explanations for the above from a tanker thats been there,
the angle at which the tank slid into the ditch unloaded the left suspension and the slide helped walk the track off, to load it on the hett it was probably eeasier, since the tank didnt run, if it did you could have probABly set it down and drove it back into its tracks,
the shoulder stuff we call our wings, there just additional kevlar material, on our shoulders to stop spalling and smaller shrapnel, they really dont stop anything so there really useless, but still required dependant on local SOP

Interesting photos, thanks for the link.

Hello All,
I can't remember which Marine Tank Bn or Company the tank is from but remember reading and briefing my boss on this. The tank was recovered and repaired. I retired shortly after so I didn't get the full story but the vehicle wasn't a write off it was repaired.

Semper FI
Andy