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Tank graveyard

Term for an area containing derelict armored vehicles

Tank graveyard

Term for an area containing derelict armored vehicles

Iraqi tanks in the Kuwaiti desert, 2004

The term tank graveyard or tank cemetery refers to an area containing a number of derelict armored vehicles, generally as a result of warfare.

While they often are only a last resting place for destroyed, broken down or outdated equipment, tank graveyards can be a source of parts to produce new or restored vehicles. Ukraine has for instance been able to field hundreds of new tanks to fight in the Russo-Ukrainian War by cannibalizing those sitting in graveyards since the Soviet era.

Notable tank graveyards

  • Vukovar, Croatia (Battle of Vukovar, Croatian War of Independence)
  • Kabul, Afghanistan (Soviet–Afghan War)
  • Khemkaran, India (1965 India Pakistan War)
  • Chawinda, Pakistan (1965 India Pakistan War)
  • Longewala, India (1971 India Pakistan War )
  • Highway of Death, north of Kuwait City, Kuwait (1991, Operation Desert Storm)
  • Asmara, Eritrea (Eritrean War of Independence)

References

References

  1. Slate.fr. (2015-09-28). "En Ukraine, une usine retape des tanks soviétiques pour lutter contre les prorusses".
  2. [http://www.vecernji.hr/newsroom/news/croatia/Vukovar/677552/index.do {{in lang. hr Vukovar - Junački otpor trideset puta jačem agresoru] {{Webarchive. link. (2008-05-21)
  3. Stephen Peter Rosen. (1996). "Societies and Military Power: India and Its Armies". Cornell University Press.
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