From: Colin M Rush (chesnimnus@juno.com)
Date: Mon May 31 2004 - 13:28:16 PDT
This is what I find fascinating about the age of the internet. Folks
from all countries take part in these lists, and the rest of us get to
learn about projects that most of us will never get a chance to work on
or see in person. Now if only the translators could be improved. Much
of this did not come through the way the Nickolay intended it. I would
be interested in that map. Good luck on your project, and keep us
informed!
-Colin Rush
From: =?koi8-r?Q?=22?=Nickolay Panov=?koi8-r?Q?=22=20?=<patio@mail.ru>
Subject: [MV] The Tiger tank is found!!! News from Belarus.
Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 15:47:21 +0400
Message-Id: <E1BUOmf-000Pt8-00.patio-mail-ru@f16.mail.ru>
Hallo all.
I hurry to inform joyful news from Belarus. I inform this news with
small delay - I drank plenty of vodka, marking this event. But, my health
in the order and I am again capable to omit the fingers on the keyboard
of the computer, and to find the necessary letters.
The German Tiger tank found our club Poisk . Has afflicted our
pleasure only one fact - this Tiger is damaged by explosion. But, we hope
there will be a complete set of parts and the tank will be not strongly
damaged. This Tiger have not plundered marauders (looters) during war and
after war. The machinegun MG34 was kept completely and is established on
the place. When marauders (looters) plunder the tank, machineguns remove
first of all. Therefore we are sure, that all parts of the tank will be
on a place.
It became clear from preliminary survey (we immersed a metal rod in
ground), the chassis a Tiger is kept completely. A contour of the tank
knocks completely. Now we have dug out a hole in ground only sheet armor
of front a Tiger. I personally touched by hands: bow machinegun mount,
MG34, driver s vision port. All these parts are on their place and in
good condition. But, the top sheet, which fastened to a sheet of front,
it is not on a place. Probably it has broken by explosion. I could put
other leg on a part MG34, which is inside the tank.
As the Tiger is in ground (the river on this place earlier) in low
place, the dug out hole at once is filled by water. Therefore there is no
opportunity to make photos it a Tiger up to the moment, when it will be
lifted on a surface of ground. Though it is possible, when the dredge
will work, water will not have time to cover the tank. At this moment it
will be possible to make some photos. The guys will do it whenever
possible.
The works on a raising found out by our club a Tiger will be
postponed, it is probable. As I wrote earlier, our club has a lot of
work, connected to a holiday of Freedom Belarus from fascism of the 3-rd
of July. The Soviet tank BT-7, 1935, which our club has lifted from a bog
and has restored up to a running condition, will open Parade of a Victory
in Minsk. It is necessary to us well prepare the tank, that the tank were
no breakages during parade. Also we want to find and to lift any Soviet
tank to this holiday. Probably Tiger will be lifted only in July, after a
holiday of Freedom.
The Tiger is found in a very beautiful place. Anyone, who will move
on the automobile on a road of Brest - Moscow, can visit this place, meet
of our guys and examine a Tiger by hands. The Tiger is found out on edge
of a small settlement Kiseli (Кисели), near to city Orsha (Орша). On a
road there is an index of turn on this settlement.
Our club has no website till now. I shall be glad, if anyone will
render hospitality for my information. While I have only a few photos of
a place, where the Tiger (hole dug out is found out and filled by water
there is visible). Also photo shown, when I stand in water by legs on a
machinegun MG34. I can give a map, on which the cross will designate, a
place of detection of the Tiger tank. It will be probable by all
interestingly to look on a map, where the Tiger is found. Probably
someone can establish to what schwere Panzer Abteilung this Tiger
belonged.
Best regards,
Nickolay Panov.
V.Gastinec, 75-86
222310, Molodechno
Republica Belarus
E-mail: patio@mail.ru; patio@omen.ru
Tel mobile: +375 29 666-94-04
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