FRIDAY SURPRISE: Russian tank found in a...LAKE?

Back in the summer of 1944, the Germans and Russians were fighting over a small strip of land in Estonia. The Germans managed to capture one of the Russian T34/76A tanks, and apparently needed it badly - as it was pressed into their service and painted with German army insignia.

As the Germans organized yet another retreat, the tank was driven into a lake, presumably to keep it from once again being used against them. There it lay for 56 years, until one Igor Shedunov organized a crew to drag it back out into the light.

Buried in the cold waters under a 3-meter thick layer of peat, the tank was phenomenally well preserved. According to the story on the group's website, the engine was able to be started after relatively minor repairs!



Great story and pictures. Check it out.

-=[ Grant ]=-