A special platoon of armored vehicles from the Great Patriotic War was created in Murmansk on a Northern Fleet base. Combat vehicles will take part in parades, historical reenactments, and exhibitions. Igor Ageenko — on the revived legends.
Tank oil level is normal. It's hard to believe, but the combined age of these three vehicles is 220 years.
Vehicles from the Great Patriotic War are up and running again and they can even drift, in other words, perform controlled skidding.
To restore the legendary machines T-34, IS-3 and SU-100 a special historical platoon was created in the Northern Fleet. Within a few months, soldiers brought the vehicles back to life.
Konstantin Likhotkin, deputy commander: "The vehicles take its toll, we did coating, painting, flattening, welding. We restored everything. For example, track assembly and much more. You should maintain them regularly, change oil, etc”.
It wasn't even necessary to look for certain component parts. Clutch plates are still used in some machines operated by the Russian Army. Despite the fact that any tank is virtually a tractor it's far more difficult to drive tanks, as soldiers say.
Ivan Migunov, platoon commander: "Tanks have the same brake linings. But in tanks, they're operated manually with a lever and tractors have some kind of pneumatic units that help in handling a vehicle. There's also a motivation to do physical training".
Furthermore, soldiers now have another motivation. With the restored vehicles they will take part in city festivals and the Victory Day parades. In the nearest future, the historical platoon of the Northern Fleet is planning to revive the artillery in these tanks. So then these machines will be just the same as the ones that were used in the Great Patriotic War.
Igor Ageenko, Dmitry Volnikov, Pavel Kovliga Vesti from Murmansk.
