[MV] Back from tank event in Poland

Andreas Mehlhorn (a.mehlhorn@t-online.de)
Sun, 4 Jul 1999 10:39:13 +0200

Hi list members!

I'm just back from a tank event in Poland. It took place at
Darlowo (until 1945 called Rügenwalde) at the coast of the
Baltic see.

Lots of (privately owned!) vehicles were there and most of
them were in action off road all the day:

MBT Leopard 1 A4 (Privately owned!)
Recovery tank T72 (Privatley owned!)
MBT T34 and another T34 with missing turret (Privately owned!)
MBT T55 (Active tank from the Polish army, including active crew)
Some russian amphibious APCs (Privately owned and Polish army)
Many trucks and "Jeeps". (Privately owned)

We went to the event (600 km / 400 miles from here) with a German
ILTIS "Jeep" and my wife and I drove back in a TATRA 813 8x8 gun
tractor.

It was really an experience. The event took place in a seaside resort
with lots of "normal" tourists. We did a parade through the little
streets of the town (hard work to steer the TATRA 8x8) and the wife
of the town mayer drove on the LEOPARD tank through the town.

A report with pictures will follow on my Homepage. Be a little
patient, I'm moving to a new house at the moment and the craftsmen
are at work and all my computer stuff is in baskets and boxes...

For those, who are interested, the event in Poland will be there
next year again. Drop me a note and I'll forward more information.
All (Privately owned!) MVs, from the bicylce to the MBT are welcome.

Best regards from Germany
Andreas

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