abandoned tank factory

[cornishboy]

time to make tracks dave

[davejb]

I know,,,Ive been rumbled ,i just have to raise my sights a bit higher and get my gear in order

[Dimas]

This show the US victory over USSR in the Cold War.
You'll never see the pictures of the secret factory online, if USSR will alive, and I guess this tanks will take a part in service somewhere in mid-east

[Datrus]

Great pics and link. Only in the ex-USSR. Don't worry Dimas. Those tanks will come in handy sooner than later i am sure. I would love to spend a few housr there some time. I think i will leave my metal detector at home...

Regards, Lars

[GIZMO8Z]

I'm trying to do the math here in terms of value of those tanks as scrap... I know that the company who buys scrap steel from our recycling facility pays ~$.15cents a pound, which equals $300 per ton...

I am not sure what tanks those are... I assume T-72s...? T-72s weigh in at ~42 tons... SO, each of those beasts is worth $12,600 based on their weight in scrap steel alone.

[Datrus]

Well done Joe. Yes there is a lot of money just standing there and waiting

Regards, Lars

[Greenhorn]

Nice post, ph3s

If you like these sorts of things, one day I was having a look a Google Earth around Russia and found abandoned ships in bays. They are floated into a bay and allowed to rot away. In some instances you will see a multiple ships and some ships that are on the breakline between shallow and deep water. Have a look, it's interesting that the metal couldn't be scrapped or reused in some way.

Green

[Datrus]

Do you have some links/coordinates? Sounds very cool.

Regards, Lars

[Dimas]

I'am affraid these are not accesisible areas, normally the scraphunters even steal metal from the railways etc

[Datrus]

I'am affraid these are not accesisible areas, normally the scraphunters even steal metal from the railways etc

Some even steal the rails if they can get away with it. I know this for a fact. A police offcer came to our Dacha last summer and asked if we had seen anything suspicious. Somebody have stolen the train tracks....