Photos The Cold War

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T-55 tanks being decontaminated during NBC exercise. Tatra T141 heavy truck in the background. Czechoslovak army, 1970s

Bayonet charge under covering fire of the UK vz. 59 machine gun. Czechoslovak army. 1970s

 

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Late August 1961. West Berliners look on as a U. S. M48 tank guards the Freidrichstrasse border crossing
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Aug. 23, 1961. A U. S. tank stationed in the Prinzen Platz, West Berlin
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Aug. 24, 1961. A U. S. M48 tank and an M-59 armored personnel carrier are parked at the Friedrichstrasse-Zimmerstrasse intersection, which is bisected by the East and West Berlin border.
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*M-113 replaced the M-59 in the mid-1960's.

 

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Those T-72s above look odd without ERA... or a cope cage.

Lol, looks *real* dangerous in defilade.

 

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Polish T-55 tanks during exercise Soyuz-81, in 1981

 

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Austrian Bundesheer during a combat demonstration exercise (Gefechtsvorführung) in Bruck an der Leitha, 1958.

 

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Czechoslovak military engineers

 

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Hungarian border guard

 

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East Germman soldiers of the National People's Army during manoeuvres in the 1980's

 

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Czechoslovak paratroopers unloading 82mm vz.59 recoilless gun from Mi-17 helicopter to defend the landing zone. 1970s

 

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T-55 during Romanian anti-communism revolution

 

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East German R-11 tactical ballistic missiles

 

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Handley Page Victor overflies a Thor IRBM

 

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SU-7 bombers being towed to runway and undergoing preparations before flight mission. Czechoslovak air force, 1970s

 

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Ambush with 82mm T21 recoilless rifle during military exercise. OT-64 APC in the role of OpFor. Czechoslovak army, 1970s.

Training with 82mm vz.59 recoilless rifle during winter military exercise. OT-64 APC in the role of OpFor. Czechoslovak army, 1970s.

 

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A member of the Army 34th Armor Division readies M60 tanks for transport from the Maintenance Center and Reserve Storage Activity at Germersheim during exercise Golden Thunder in the 80s.

M1A1s at Grafenwöhr, 1988.

 

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What on first glance looks like a photo of WW2 era Wehrmacht forces fighting in Europe is in fact a post war depiction of a unit from the East German Ministry of Interiors Volkspolizei-Bereitschaft, a special reserve police force during a joint exercise session with KdA militia; circa 1956

 

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T-55 tank crossing an anti-tank ditch over a vehicle launched bridge (possibly MT-55 AVLB). Czechoslovak army, 1970s.

 

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US M-60 tanks of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment. Exercise Reforger, 1983.

 

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T-55 tank commander observing the surroundings from a treetop. Czechoslovak army, 1970s.

T-55 tank being restocked with 100mm ammunition (possibly UOF-412 HE round). Czechoslovak army, 1970s.

 

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JS-3 tanks during a combined arms campaign in the 1950s.