MV addiction bites again. Another tank.

[Needle]

1944 T34/85. Operational but needs some clean-up and TLC.

 

[kcimb]

1944 T34/85. Operational but needs some clean-up and TLC.

I'm about an hour away. Shoot me a pm if you need help one day.

-Past Usmc armor crewman.

 

[319]

1944 T34/85. Operational but needs some clean-up and TLC.

Looks good, would love to see more pics, especially of the interior.

One previous owner?

Do you know it's history?

 

[1 Patriot-of-many]

What's one of those cost? An arm and a leg? Love it.

 

[Needle]

What's one of those cost? An arm and a leg? Love it.

Both arms, both legs, and I haven't even started work on it yet.

 

[machinist75]

I'm over in Murphy, near Murphy and fm 544. I would love to check that thing out.

 

[Needle]

Looks good, would love to see more pics, especially of the interior.

One previous owner?

Do you know it's history?

Interior pics attached.

Basic research has the history as: Russia, Czechoslovakia, Museum in California, and previous owner was South Texas. Still lots of research to do.

1st bit of work was to free up the hatch locks, so that I can lock it up and no one can get in to use it as a get-away vehicle!

 

[Needle]

Couple more pics

 

[319]

So cool! Is that gas or diesel?

 

[doghead]

Looks good, would love to see more pics, especially of the interior.

One previous owner?

Do you know it's history?

A little old lady only drove it to church on Sundays.

 

[319]

A little old lady only drove it to church on Sundays.

...and had her pick of the prime parking spaces!

 

[goldneagle]

A little old lady only drove it to church on Sundays.

I though the practice religion was banned in the USSR.....

 

[Needle]

So cool! Is that gas or diesel?

KhPV V-2-34 diesel. V12, 500hp.

 

[Needle]

A little old lady only drove it to church on Sundays.

I dont know about the little old lady, but it was probably only driven once a week. It is only showing 95 kilometers on the Russian speedometer.......





.....which is probably as accurate as every deuce mileage ever quoted by GL

 

[1 Patriot-of-many]

Both arms, both legs, and I haven't even started work on it yet.

Hehe. The guy I bought my machine gun from used to have one, he said was a German capture(Had the swastikas on it on). I forget what he paid for it. He used to offer rides for cash at the biannual machine gun shoots in Princeton,MN. I've got a few pics(I should a bunch of it with me and my kids with it at one of the shoots. I understand he's an importer/exporter in Fl. now

If you want I'll post the pics.

 

[Needle]

If you want I'll post the pics.

Please do.

 

[1 Patriot-of-many]

Figures I picked out the max amount of pics for uploading and get an error..... I'll have to try converting them to .JPG since .BMP Isn't working. More to follow, going to watch Falling skies with the family.

 

[Crapgame]

Hehe. The guy I bought my machine gun from used to have one, he said was a German capture(Had the swastikas on it on).

My former Father-in-Law was a tanker in the Fuehrer Escort Battalion, spent some time as a guest of the Worker's Paradise until 1952.

Anyhooo, due to the attrition of armor vehicles, T34s were gladly pressed into service against their former heathen owners. One snowy evening, Winter 1942, Fuehrer Escort Bn pulls into a collective farm, mix of T34s, PzKwIIIs, IVs, sets up a perimeter and gets ready to bed down for the night. Guards are posted, greatcoats, German-issued felt boots or captured Russian, fur hats, pretty much the same winter clothing worn by both sides.

Shortly afterwards another unit with T34s pulls into the collective farm, starts getting ready for the nite, just like any military unit does.

Soldat gets decked out in layer upon layer of insulation to cope with nite guard duty, heads out into the snow to relieve the guard post. He finally sees a man standing outside in the snow, goes up to bum a smoke and relieve the guard post.

Well, after a few seconds, Soldat recognizes Frontovik, Frontovik recognizes Soldat, both go running back to their dwellings shouting The enemy! The enemy! Everybody is rolling out of slumber, vehicles are being started, men are grabbing their **** n trying to unass the AO.

Russians go back the direction they came from, Germans headed a Km or two back in their route of march, all without a shot being fired!

Ol' Schweiger-Papa told me stories of smoking lend-lease Churchill and Sherman tanks on the Ostfront, 1800m away.

 

[combatmech]

Thats a great addition to the museum Needle. Should be moved back to town first week of October. I'll have plenty of time off so I can help out with what ever . When and if you get a chance, get the keys to the Benabago from Kevin and take it around the block for me please.

 

[harleyhouse]

WOW! TANKS for the pictures!