Comments on: Soviet Tank Graveyard

By: Tommy Haines

Tommy Haines — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:27:39 +0000

The Russian tank graveyard is great!the buildings in the second picture are in fact Russian built repair shops-I toured these buildings 1n 2004-2005,while attached to the Afghan Army’s Kabul Military Training Center.These buildings are seperate from the main compound.they most probably contain unexploded ordnance-I DO know that they contain posionous snakes,and scorpions–DONT GO IN!!! A lot of the tanks,APC’s,trucks,and the occaisional helicopter are in the adjoining field-also a Bear bomber(in large pieces) If you want junk,and you have a sense of adventure,go on in!

By: James Singapore

James Singapore — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 07:24:17 +0000

I am looking for a electric starter 24volts for a Russian tank engine anyone can help the engine model not available its a 12 cylinder diesel engine the starter is srapped onto the side of the engine pinion is 11 teeth and 2-1/2 Diameter

By: nick

nick — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 11:17:03 +0000

those other aircraft are EA-6B Prowlers.

By: Dogboy

Dogboy — Mon, 15 May 2006 19:43:09 +0000

Thank you Bill,

S/F
Dogboy

By: Skipper

Skipper — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:17:37 +0000

ah well tanks very much for that… hahahaha sorry just felt the need..

By: William

William — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:59:31 +0000

Randall, You are correct that the Harrier had technical problems. In the late ’90s the Marine Corps started to refurb their Harriers and are now proving to be very mission capable aircraft. The Brits are also upgrading their Harriers so I believe they will be around for some time. They are very good at Close Air Support missions for protecting ground units.

I personally did not work with the Harriers, but we often deployed our FA-18 Hornets to the same forward operating bases… FYI, Harriers pilots are NUTS!

By: William

William — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:50:23 +0000

They are USMC AV-8B Harrier II’s. I could come up with the tail numbers if I look around…

“USMC Harrier IIs saw action in the Afghanistan campaign ……… providing support for Marine special operations forces operating in the country.”

-Bill
USMC Retired

By: james

james — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 05:27:13 +0000

@ randall: f-16’s are falcons, not hornets. the f/a-18 is the hornet. anyway, the tail is all wrong to be f16’s and the sweep isnt severe enough. i agree with the harrier assessment, despite the logistical arguement against it.

By: randall

randall — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 04:15:35 +0000

lee I dont think that they are harriers.

1) harriers are rarely used in U.S. military operations anymore, not efficient enough.

2) they seem to resemble f-16A hornet’s with that delta wing. harriers have a more swept wing

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 19:59:44 +0000

Lee - I believe that you are correct and that would make sense. Thanks!