ROV flying around a tank
Uploader Comments (TheLemperor)
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Yeah pickup tether!
Btw, that tether looks a bit abused....sjeez.
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Way too much tether out.. :)
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British
Conqueror tank, FV214 in use 1955-1966?
Shape of the trurret, Mantlet and sprockets/roadwheels gives it away
120mm Main gun
Should be recovered for a Museum
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JS3's dont have fume extractors on their barrels
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looks for me like a soviet tank...maybe JS-3 :P
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what kind of tank was it
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Notsure if it is the same underwater dive as yours but this also looks like a conqueror with an rov snagged. look in youtube for
Underwater inspection of a Tank by a Tethered Diver and ROV
If you havent seen it already
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There is or was a gate Guardian at Bovington camp - I had to paint it once - I wonder if it will ever be recovered, any ideas?
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T54/55 also have a canvas gun mantlet cover and they do not have return rollers on their tracks
I'll see if I've got some other video of the tank, I might have some of the turrent area saved. I've got to say it does look like a Conqueror though!
TheLemperor 3 years ago
Very interesting video. What model tank is this? Any information on why it rests at the bottom of a Loch?
maddawg762 3 years ago
I was told what sort of tank it is, but I've forgotten. For some reason I think its a russian one, but that doesn't make sense...
It was bought as a job lot by The Underwater Centre for a pittance from the MOD (who then started charging them rent) and shipped from the south east to Scotland on a barge. Theres two of them in the water, plus some other military vehicles.
The reason for doing it was to give the trainee divers something to look at, apparently!
TheLemperor 3 years ago