EXCAVATION AND RESTORATION OF A RARE WWII T-28 TANK

a russian search group discovered a t20 tank near the village of lambolova leningrad region in 2009 a famous carillon fortified region was located here during the world war ii this discovery is of particular interest since there are only few original t28 tanks left in the world t28 is a soviet multi-turret medium tank of the interwar period it was designed in 1930s by the engineers of the design bureau under the general supervision of simeon ginsberg t28 is the first medium tank in the ussr to be put into mass production in the period from 1933 to 1940 the leningrad kiro factory produced 503 tanks of this type t28 has three turrets a cannon and machine guns at the time of its creation it was the most powerful medium tank in the world since 1933 t28 tanks have entered service with heavy tank brigades of the red army however according to the results of the battles on the korean isthmus the armor protection of tanks was considered insufficient so sound tanks were equipped with additional armor by the middle of 1941 the t28 was obsolete but in terms of its tactical and technical characteristics it still surpassed almost all tanks available to the vermont t28 tanks participated in the battles of the first period of 1941 but most of them were lost in the first months mainly due to technical malfunctions the found tank was turned into a stationary firing point and embedded in the ground on the defense line it took a whole day to dig the tank out of the ground and send it for restoration for five long years restorers have been working on a complete repair of the t28 such a delay is due to the fact that only the tanghau turned out to be in the hands of the experts luckily perfectly preserved most of the time was spent searching for the original elements of chassis engine turret equipment and weapons the researchers undertook several expeditions to the battlefields with a t28 tank's foot as a result of many years of searching the combat vehicle is now completely restored it's the only working t28 in the world two more tanks are in finland they were abandoned by the red army during the winter war of 1939 and one thing isn't the tank museum in moscow that's all for today and thank you all so much for watching subscribe to the channel and hit that notification bell not to miss new videos see ya [Music]

Channel: WWII METAL DETECTING

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Length: 3min 16sec (196 seconds)

Published: Sat Jan 22 2022