An abandoned Russian T-55B MBT (Main Battle Tank) lies in ruin in a spot near Bagram Air Base (AB), Afghanistan during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. It's a remnant of the former Soviet occupation of the area in the 1980s
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: Afghanistan (AFG)
Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott T. Sturkol, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Tanks in mass culture. Tanks were first developed separately and simultaneously by Great Britain and France as a means to break the deadlock of trench warfare on the Western Front. Their first use in combat was by the British Army in September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. The name "tank" was adopted by the British during the early stages of their development, as a security measure to conceal their purpose.
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Date
1980 - 1989
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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