WWI British MK IV tank recovered

rolandtg · 06-16-2014, 11:38 PM

After seeing so many videos of Russians pulling WWII tanks out swamps this is something really different!

http://www.tank-cambrai.com/english/videos/videos.php

This happened a few years back but since this year is the 100th anniversary of the start of WWI..

TheRomanhistorian · 06-16-2014, 11:48 PM

This is brilliant and I'm looking forward to going on my annual sojourn to London to see my friends, colleagues, and former supervisor (and nip on over to the Imperial War Museum to see their WWI stuff).

I think they're refinishing their own WWI tank, too, and redoing their trench exhibit.

rolandtg · 06-17-2014, 07:01 PM

The Imperial War Museum is definitely worth the trip. I was there years ago and they had a very good WWI exhibit with a large trench reconstruction you could walk through. I didn't get to spend enough time there.

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rolandtg User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Hill Country Posts: 472 Thanks: 363 Thanked 255 Times in 111 Posts	WWI British MK IV tank recovered After seeing so many videos of Russians pulling WWII tanks out swamps this is something really different! http://www.tank-cambrai.com/english/videos/videos.php This happened a few years back but since this year is the 100th anniversary of the start of WWI..

06-16-2014, 11:48 PM	#2
TheRomanhistorian User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 301 Thanks: 170 Thanked 88 Times in 64 Posts	This is brilliant and I'm looking forward to going on my annual sojourn to London to see my friends, colleagues, and former supervisor (and nip on over to the Imperial War Museum to see their WWI stuff). I think they're refinishing their own WWI tank, too, and redoing their trench exhibit. __________________ Michael Nos morituri te salutant - Supposed saying of the gladiators to the emperor ('We, who are about to die, salute you.') 'We are the lantern bearers, my friend; for us to keep something burning, to carry what light we can forward into the darkness and the wind' - From Rosemary Sutcliff's The Lantern Bearers

06-17-2014, 07:01 PM	#3
rolandtg User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Hill Country Posts: 472 Thanks: 363 Thanked 255 Times in 111 Posts	The Imperial War Museum is definitely worth the trip. I was there years ago and they had a very good WWI exhibit with a large trench reconstruction you could walk through. I didn't get to spend enough time there.