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August · 02-21-08, 12:02 PM

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

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Until recently, more than 100 rusty military tanks lay half-buried and almost forgotten in deserted fields near Bulgaria's southeastern border, planted as a Cold War deterrent to NATO's southern flank.

But the theft of a rare vintage model sent the army scurrying this month to start a recovery operation to save those still left from looters.

Oberon · 02-21-08, 01:33 PM

Ooooh, I'll have to get in touch with my Bulgarian friend and ask him to get me one

SUBMAN1 · 02-21-08, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Ooooh, I'll have to get in touch with my Bulgarian friend and ask him to get me one

Sounds like they are going to try and make me give mine back!

Konovalov · 02-21-08, 01:46 PM

I think I might take one of those fly out, drive home holidays to Bulgaria. No need for a hire car. I'll just take back home one of those rusty Panzerkampfwagen V Panther tanks please. Perhaps then later I could flog it off to Bovington Tank Museum. :hmm:

bookworm_020 · 02-21-08, 09:52 PM

After seeing "The Amazing Race" last night and seeing them drive T-64 tanks, I want one!

Blacklight · 02-22-08, 12:54 AM

Ooooo !! OOOoooo ! Can you have one of those shipped to the States ? I mean they won't mind. They're just sitting around there.

joea · 02-22-08, 05:33 AM

Don't be so eager, especially to drive one...

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But the army, despite its huge recovery effort, has raised doubts about their real value.
Kalev said all of the tanks recovered so far had already been stripped by looters.
"We started recovering them to save them from the scrap gangs. But what we're finding more resembles just holed-out soup cans," he said.
"My personal opinion is that they're no good for anything," he added, pointing to the rusty hull of a Panzer IV.

Oberon · 02-22-08, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by joea

Don't be so eager, especially to drive one...

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But the army, despite its huge recovery effort, has raised doubts about their real value.
Kalev said all of the tanks recovered so far had already been stripped by looters.
"We started recovering them to save them from the scrap gangs. But what we're finding more resembles just holed-out soup cans," he said.
"My personal opinion is that they're no good for anything," he added, pointing to the rusty hull of a Panzer IV.

No worse than the buses around here then

August · 02-22-08, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by joea

Don't be so eager, especially to drive one...

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"My personal opinion is that they're no good for anything," he added, pointing to the rusty hull of a Panzer IV.

I dunno. I've seen people restore entire vintage cars from little more than a few rusty scraps of metal. I would expect even the stripped hull of a Panzer IV or any other ww2 tank would be valuable to somebody.

Blacklight · 02-22-08, 03:24 PM

As long as the outter shell is still relatively intact it would make an AWESOME lawn ornament. I can just imagine what my wife would say !

I just hope there wasn't any ammunition in those tanks before the looters got there.

Jimbuna · 02-22-08, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Blacklight

As long as the outter shell is still relatively intact it would make an AWESOME lawn ornament. I can just imagine what my wife would say !

LOL

02-21-08, 01:46 PM	#4
Konovalov Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: High Wycombe, Bucks, UK Posts: 2,811 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Time for a holiday. Bulgaria perhaps? I think I might take one of those fly out, drive home holidays to Bulgaria. No need for a hire car. I'll just take back home one of those rusty Panzerkampfwagen V Panther tanks please. Perhaps then later I could flog it off to Bovington Tank Museum. :hmm: __________________ "In a Christian context, sexuality is traditionally seen as a consequence of the Fall, but for Muslims, it is an anticipation of paradise. So I can say, I think, that I was validly converted to Islam by a teenage French Jewish nudist." Sheikh Abdul-Hakim Murad (Timothy Winter)

02-21-08, 09:52 PM	#5
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	After seeing "The Amazing Race" last night and seeing them drive T-64 tanks, I want one! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

02-22-08, 12:54 AM	#6
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	Ooooo !! OOOoooo ! Can you have one of those shipped to the States ? I mean they won't mind. They're just sitting around there. __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

02-22-08, 03:24 PM	#10
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	As long as the outter shell is still relatively intact it would make an AWESOME lawn ornament. I can just imagine what my wife would say ! I just hope there wasn't any ammunition in those tanks before the looters got there. __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

02-21-08, 01:33 PM	#2
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Ooooh, I'll have to get in touch with my Bulgarian friend and ask him to get me one