LarryH57 Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 I saw on the TV that the Welsh Guards were marching in the parade to mark the 65th anniversary of end of WW2 on BBC News 24 and was amazed to see about half a dozen fully operational SU-100 assult guns on the move, together with a few GAZ-67 vehicles too. Can we get them to W&P! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Su-100s or SU-85s, who cares...it was amazing. Looks to me like they have dozens of the things. It beggars belief. I agree - I'm sure Rex can swing it. Trouble is would we want them to go back home after? M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REME 245 Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 About ten years ago the Russian Defence Disposal Organisation announced they were about to start selling large quantities of war-time vehicles and guns on to the market. This never happened and it seems unlikely that they still retain large stocks of war-time AFV's in storage but they obviously still have some. The Gaz Jeeps looked a bit strange to me. Possibly made up bodies on modern chassis. War-time AFV's were still held in war reserve stocks into the 1980's and hence survive in quantities, but the Gaz jeeps would have been disposed of many years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Snapper They are SU100, there are photos posted on Warsaw pact Forum of SU100 and T34 tanks in rehersal parades. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanter Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Thank god someone else started this thread I thought I had been seeing things. Was over the in-laws on sunday when the report came on the bbc and I stood there with mouth open saying I thought those things were as rare as hens teeth, obviously wrong. Was good to see a good number of historics in the parade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berna2vm Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Thank god someone else started this thread I thought I had been seeing things. Was over the in-laws on sunday when the report came on the bbc and I stood there with mouth open saying I thought those things were as rare as hens teeth, obviously wrong. Was good to see a good number of historics in the parade. Me too !!! I thought that I had imagined it,seeing the guards in Moscow... I wish that I could have been there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryH57 Posted May 12, 2010 Author Share Posted May 12, 2010 I think the SU-85 had a small gun and because the barrel looked very long I believe they were SU-100s, especially as these were in service for many decades. I wonder if any country still uses them; in Africa perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Snapper They are SU100, there are photos posted on Warsaw pact Forum of SU100 and T34 tanks in rehersal parades. Steve Good call - I was unsure. Either way they are a bloody amazing sight. Thank you for the correction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john fox Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 having been part of the team that restored (and then drove :-D) the SU100 at Duxford I can happily say they were defo SU100. I too was amazed to see so many running at once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 49 HG 92 ....... I wonder if any country still uses them; in Africa perhaps? the most likely suspect for in service SU100 would be North Korea although Yeman might still have some -but its unlikely as most of its T34 seem to be rotting away as coastal defense lines. Other than that maybe Morocco. The only really still active user of T34 in Africa Togo never had any. The SU100 shown on parade in moscow seem to be genuine SU100 rather than SU100M -lack of stowage box on the right front flank -obvious sign. I was down at Bovington when they moved the ex Eygptan SU100M after many years standing, alot of smoke, cranking and inevitable tea breaks by the moving crew and it ran without any major mechanical intervention. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 My brief days as a volunteer at DX are filled with happy memories of all the Warsaw Pact stuff. I blame Pete Plume, he was such a bad influence on me. MB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Here's the parade on Youtube , if like me you missed it ! :blush: Something went wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FW200 Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 Wooooooooops! http://fishki.net/comment.php?id=69437 There goes your SU-100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 Great pic of the guy on his mobile -I wonder if he was phoning the Automobile Association:D but I wouldn't surpirsed if when put back on its tracks it was still a runner. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stone Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 Bet that made a hell of a crash when it landed :shocked: How do you even roll one like that? Fell off the trailer? Stone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 looking at the transporters with T34s in the background, they are easily high enough to allow a comparatively low in height SU100 to turn over if a track was allowed to slide off the trailer while loading, note the damage to the curb, the original tracks on the SU100 might have added to the problem, I don't know if modern Russian tank transporters have an inner rail. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerJohn Posted May 15, 2010 Share Posted May 15, 2010 I have to say they were running very cleanly, do you they put petrol motors in them!!!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berna2vm Posted May 15, 2010 Share Posted May 15, 2010 It looked very close to the river.. It could have been worse... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted May 15, 2010 Share Posted May 15, 2010 MMM bottle by the railing ? wonder if that was part of the story on this tank turning turtle ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted May 15, 2010 Share Posted May 15, 2010 It belongs to the tramp that the crewman swears distracted him, honest- or do the Russians use the "hip Flask defence" when found "driving under the influence":police: Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john fox Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 Wooooooooops! http://fishki.net/comment.php?id=69437 There goes your SU-100 fluent Russian friend translates it as fell off the tank transporter when loading after the end of the parade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 fluent Russian friend translates it as fell off the tank transporter when loading after the end of the parade Yeah right! :-) Then how do you explain the bottle next to it and the lack of transporters insight??? I do believe this is a typical russian accident that involves vodka! :-) Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 The transporter would have been moved forward to allow the BREM in to right the SU100, note though that very little effort was made to protect the SU100 or the road way during recovery. The bottle looks like beer rather than the hard stuff:beer:but I think booze would have been involved:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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