Old Tanks Cemetery near Wajeed Somalia

rustam62, on July 18, 2007, said:

I could not place this one... Looks like a trashed body of modified M7 or M5 Light, but I can not be sure. Who could help ID this one?

swatk90, on July 19, 2007, said:

M5?Maybe u r right...but,you see,M5 and M7 are half caterpillar band;And they don't have so large gun turret;last,i think the armored vehicle on the pic seems too narrow.If modified,that works must be awful:D

swatk90, on July 19, 2007, said:

By the way,i have a question:M5 namely T-31?

rustam62, on July 19, 2007, said:

I don't think so. T-s are usually Soviet tanks, M-s - American. Placing US and Soviet tanks in categories was always a challenge. They followed rather different development concepts.

swatk90, on July 19, 2007, said:

That's basic knowledge.But we should to know more about that.In fact,M5 produce by U.S.A Hufstadt international factory{Chinese to English metaphrase(May have some mistake)},and the name"T-31" is because rent bill,the archetype of it is M3A2 exactly.After,the tanks for USSR,no matter which's be named M5A1. (Chinese informations come from :http://www.cww2.net/bbs/simple/index.php?t90593.html,English original website:http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/

whome?, on May 5, 2009, said:

WW2 vintage US built T17E1 Staghound amoured cars - these were never used by US forces but as lend lease in Commonwealth service and were also used by Italian forces post war

rustam62, on May 5, 2009, said:

Thanks, Whome? Looks like you are right on the money.

Сhizh, on July 21, said:

Вчера смотрел просторы родной Башкирии и видел Ваши фотографии. Сегодня решил посмотреть на Сомали и опять встретил Ваши фото. Удивительно... Вы были в Могадишо? Жуткое место...

rustam62, on July 21, said:

Было дело, правда, довольно давно, уже пару лет назад. С тех пор там, однако, лучше не стало. Судя по всему, цивилизация, которая там рухнула еще в 1991 году так и не восстановилась. Похоже, мы слегка переоцениваем способность человечества к самовосстановленю и самоорганизации...

Сhizh, on July 21, said:

Расскажите подробнее о Могадишо,если не трудно. С какой целью Вы там бывали? Какая обстановка там была? Я заинтересовался всем этим после просмотра фильма "Падение Чёрного Ястреба". Не думал,что на Земле есть такие места.

rustam62, on July 21, said:

Я подрабатываю консультантом по безопасности коммерческих фирм. Бываю в разных местах, и Могадишу еще не самое крутое. См. фото.