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Old 09-08-2015, 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by raketenjagdpanzer View Post
Those tanks would have all been long-before committed to the front. What they'd find is an empty, weedy lot.
Undoubtedly, but what if by some miracle they were still there? Or it was full of battle damaged tanks - not impossible since the facility was meant to refurbish tanks.

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A lot of those tanks appear to covered in reactive armour blocks. Wouldn't that mean that there was explosive still in there? How would that hold up over time and exposed to the elements?
I would think the blocks are sealed from the elements, but after 20 years or so who knows? VERY slack to have left them installed I'd think, even with the guards the facility is supposed to have, but then it is in the Ukraine and nobody ever accused communist/socialist workers of being particularly efficient at anything...
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