Posted by Clint Dixon on Friday, December 01, 2006 at 1:00PM :
In Reply to: Video of dozer pulling tank posted by apb (in NY) on Friday, December 01, 2006 at 11:56AM :
OK, is it just me, or does something not jive between the photos and the video?
In photo #2, the hull has been just barely exposed and the hatch on the turret is partially below water. Workers are hosing mud from around it. Then, in photo #3, they are hand digging and more of the turret is exposed and the hatch is no longer in the water. In photo #4, the hull is visibly exposed and the hatch is clearly out of the water. #5 apparently shows a different angle of photo #4 and the tank is still ¾ buried and the suction from the mud holding it in its tomb at this point would be incredible. However the rear of the tanks hull is about even with the unexcavated ground behind it. In all of these photos there are a lot of people seen close by.
In the video, the entire tank is almost completely under water and the turret can not even be seen. There appears to have been a definite gradual sloping ramp dug into the bank behind it as it begins to be pulled backwards. The tank does not appear to be held in position by any mud to its sides and the suction that this would create. There also appears to be less people close by.
It is almost like the photos were taken days or weeks earlier than the video and/or the tank was lowered back into the water for a video opportunity. Once the video changes to show the tank being dragged forward, the tracks are even turning. Also the turret has been rotated and the cannon raised and all of a sudden there is an open hatch lid visible that is not seen in any of the close up photos.
I don’t know. Something smells like sauerkraut here.
Junior
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