Hello everyone,
remember that KV-1, that was recovered from river Don in cooperation between the museum of Kubinka, local authorities and Wargaming? They call it the “Spectre” (“Prizrak”) and here’s a video from RU portal on how it was recovered:
From the video:
- they found and detected it using a “magnetometer”
- the tank was from 1942, it drowned in the river apparetnly after it slipped from a barge that was carrying it (SS: if I understand it correctly)
- the tank is ripped to pieces because they used explosives to damage it (SS: so the Germans wouldn’t recover it? Not sure)
- the tank is “stuck” to the bottom of the water and it took considerable force to rip it out of the mud
- the special winch they used to pull it out used a force of 300 tons in pull
- the tow cable was attached to the towing frame on the tank, that remained intact
- there was a huge oak trunk blocking the tank recovery, that couldn’t be cut, in the end they dug under the trunk so that the river carried the trunk away
SS, check out the WG forums ;)
Nice topic made especially for you :D :D
PS: sorry for off topic. Great video still ;)
:D
Hardy Buck – thought he was a normal guy.
Turns out he is not :D
I thought he was just a troll, turns out he is a moron :)
Never liked him anyway :)
Same here, his trolling was too similar to every other stat padder :P
Baddie.
He was in the section of “Some boring guy, who I see sometimes, but dont know who he is” in my list :D
Link to all the fun?
http://forum.worldoftanks.eu/index.php?/topic/402795-silentstalker-ftr-should-be-sanctioned/page__st__40#topmost
I do feel he has merit to the “team kill bounty/competition” item. SS if I were you I would remove it dude. All of the other points you’ve made about these guys who are “holier-than-thou” because of their stats are all people the world probably wouldn’t miss.
Come on, dawg, its hilarious as hell :D
Exactly. So much unicum tears :D :D
So much unicum tears
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You are not even aware how desperate that sounds.
Hey Medjed, missed you buddy :) Where were you today :D
Even sunken and destroyed soviet tank has log. Log OP.
Does anybody know what a “magnetometer” is? The only magneto I know is from the X-men and I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t help humans to lift a tank out of the water.
Use the Wikipedia, Luke!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetometer
“Magnetometers can be used as metal detectors: they can detect only magnetic (ferrous) metals, but can detect such metals at a much larger depth than conventional metal detectors; they are capable of detecting large objects, such as cars, at tens of metres, while a metal detector’s range is rarely more than 2 metres.”
there was a huge oak trunk blocking the tank recovery, that couldn’t be cut, in the end they dug under the trunk so that the river carried the trunk away
Somebody downstream will surely appreciate their effort :D
- the tank was from 1942, it drowned in the river apparetnly after it slipped from a barge that was carrying it (SS: if I understand it correctly)
- the tank is ripped to pieces because they used explosives to damage it (SS: so the Germans wouldn’t recover it? Not sure)
Who the fuck makes up these pathetic stories? to me it looks just like North Korea fantasy propaganda lol! hilarious!
They blew up the tank to allow navigation on that part of the river. Its turret and gun were too high above the bottom that it once damaged the hull of a barge going by.
Also, KV-1 slipped not from a barge, but from the frozen logs when crossing the river.
Were they serious when they said that KV could be restored? It looked like it was only good for parts to me.
“- there was a huge oak trunk blocking the tank recovery, that couldn’t be cut, in the end they dug under the trunk so that the river carried the trunk away”
Even in death, stronk soviet wood still protect tenk from outsiders.