Any Tank experts here? Pics from Greece...

Lopéz

Lopéz

Lopéz

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Just come back from my 4th visit to the island of Rhodos and as usual found something new to me. 3 abandoned tanks next to the road.

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My knowledge of AFV's is limited to say the least. Anyone have any ideas what they might be? They appeared to be largely stripped of engines and useful equipment. I would have taken more detail pics but I was low on memory card and keen to avoid a run in with the local Army boys.
 
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they look a tad like old american m24 chaffee, but they were ww2 era and those look a tad newer

thats the best guess i can make really
 
I'm not entirely up to speed on Greek armour, but it looks very much like some variant of the American M60 'Patton'. That said though, I don't know!

EDIT: Looks like the guy above may be correct, according to the book I've just grabbed quickly it looks more like the M24 Chaffee.
 
Ex-RoNiN said:
Quite sure those are M48, they are commonly used as fixed gun emplacements on the islands.
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Glad you're in here - can you give me the gist of what this sign means?

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They seemed to be on the entrance to towns and where tarmac highway meets gravel track, I assume they are something to do with a road improvement scheme?
 
Cheers for the info gents. Any ideas why they might be abandoned there? I've never driven this road before so I have no idea why they are just sitting at the roadside or how long they have been there.
 
/EDIT Sorry sister posted using my account :rolleyes:

I dunno, they come home for the weekend, and they change everything :(
 
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Didn't know we had M-24s, you learn something new every day.

@Lopez: You see these signs everywhere where building works were performed using EC structural development funds. A lot of information on the sign is pointless, indicating which Municipality/Region this is being performed in (South Aegean, Dodekanissa Forestry Agency, and a description of what the work is (fire-safety measures on the road Kolympion - Arxipolh, Rhodes. It also lists the contractor and the full cost of the works (over the 6 years the program was active/running)

Then it says how much the EC contributed (75%) and how much the state contributed (25%).
 
Ex-RoNiN said:
Didn't know we had M-24s, you learn something new every day.

@Lopez: You see these signs everywhere where building works were performed using EC structural development funds. A lot of information on the sign is pointless, indicating which Municipality/Region this is being performed in (South Aegean, Dodekanissa Forestry Agency, and a description of what the work is (fire-safety measures on the road Kolympion - Arxipolh, Rhodes. It also lists the contractor and the full cost of the works (over the 6 years the program was active/running)

Then it says how much the EC contributed (75%) and how much the state contributed (25%).
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Cool, I thought it was something like that. The ones in the Old Town for EC funded monuments etc are all translated but these weren't.
 
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