The pulling operation began at 09:00 and was concluded at 15:00, with several technical breaks. (Currently used at the pit, the Komatsu dozer was manufactured in 1995 and has recorded 19,000 operating hours without major repairs.) Aleksander Borovkovthe, manager of the Narva Open Pit company AS Eesti Polevkivi, to rent the company’s Komatsu D375A-2 bulldozer. Enthusiasts from the club, under Mr. Shedunov’s leadership, decided to pull the tank out. At the depth of 7 meter they discovered the tank resting under a 3 meter layer of peat. Igor Shedunov initiated diving expeditions to the bottom of the lake about a year ago. A few years ago, he told the story to the leader of the local war history club ‘Otsing’. This gave him reason to believe that there must be an armored vehicle at the lake’s bottom. For two months he saw air bubbles emerging from the lake. (This is the reason that there are German markings painted on the tank’s exterior.)Īt that time, a local boy walking by the lake, Kurtna Matasjarv, noticed tank tracks leading into the lake but not coming out anywhere. During battles in the summer of 1944, the tank was captured from the Soviet army and used by the German army. Over 100,000 men were killed and 300,000 men were wounded there. ![]() According to its specifications, it’s a 27-ton machine, with a top speed of 53km/hr.įrom February to September 1944, heavy battles were fought in the narrow, 50 km-wide, Narva Front in the northeastern part of Estonia . ![]() The Soviet-built T34/76A tank had been resting at the bottom of the lake for 56 years. WWII Buffs will find this interesting – Even after 62 years (and a little tinkering), they were able to fire up the Diesel engine!Ī Komatsu D375A-2 bulldozer pulled the abandoned tank from its tomb under the boggy bank of a lake near Johvi, Estonia . WWII Russian tank with German markings uncovered after 62 years. Abandoned WWII Tank is pulled from its tomb after 62 years in the mud!
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