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Tanks rolled out onto the battlefields of World War I nearly a hundred years ago. Not all of them survived the war to to become museum pieces; many of these lumbering steel behemoths remain stuck where they were rendered immobile. Each was home to three or more fighting men, and not all of them survived the demise of their armored fighting vehicle.

This collection of tanks reclaimed by nature comes from all over the world. From World War II Japanese tanks that found their resting place in the jungles where they struggled against their American counterparts, to the rare German machines now stuck in some forgotten part of Eastern Europe, they're all finally at peace.

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Abandoned Tank On A Beach In Puerto Rico

Abandoned Tank On A Beach In Puerto Rico

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Tank Taken Over By Nature

Tank Taken Over By Nature

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Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

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Tank Taken Over By Nature

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NemanjaMitković
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This photo was made in firing range of army barracks in Pancevo, Serbia, and vehicle was destroyed long after WW2, as a stationary target.

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Tank In Flamenco Beach In Culebra, Puerto Rico

Tank In Flamenco Beach In Culebra, Puerto Rico

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Tony Gong
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Good picture but the rusting metals might be bad for wildlife

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Abandoned Tankn In East Germany

Abandoned Tankn In East Germany

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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

T-34/85. WW2-era tank, the USSR kept them in production for export until 1961.

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Abandoned Tank Base In Russia

Abandoned Tank Base In Russia

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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

T34/85 in the foreground and a T54 in the background. They were probably used as gunnery training targets.

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Tank Swallowed By Corals

Tank Swallowed By Corals

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Tony Gong
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This probably used to be above ground but got swallowed by the ocean but very pretty non the less

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Vlieland, Netherlands

Vlieland, Netherlands

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Abandoned Is3 On Shikotan Island

Abandoned Is3 On Shikotan Island

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2 years ago

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Zheltuchin Island, Russia

Zheltuchin Island, Russia

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Tony Gong
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OOF the tank have a shell mark on the hull that's why it was probably left there

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Chieftain, Slab Common, Bordon, Uk

Chieftain, Slab Common, Bordon, Uk

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Tank Taken Over By Nature

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Abandoned Tank In Culebra, Puerto Rico

Abandoned Tank In Culebra, Puerto Rico

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

pretty much love the picture of beaches and the hill in the background along with a tank

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Tank Taken Over By Nature

Tank Taken Over By Nature

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Tank Taken Over By Nature

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Should be "Tanken over by nature" └[ º ᗜ º ]┘

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Tank Taken Over By Nature

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Tank Outside Of Massoud's Tomb In Afghanistan

Tank Outside Of Massoud's Tomb In Afghanistan

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Shikotan, Russia

Shikotan, Russia

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Abandoned Tank Base In Russia

Abandoned Tank Base In Russia

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Abandoned Tank In Afghanistan

Abandoned Tank In Afghanistan

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Abandoned Tank In Cuamba, Mozambique

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British Army Chieftain, Slab Common, Bordon, Uk

British Army Chieftain, Slab Common, Bordon, Uk

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Tank Taken Over By Nature

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Chieftain, Slab Common, Bordon, Uk

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Tank Taken Over By Nature

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Spartan On Slab Common, Uk

Spartan On Slab Common, Uk

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Bamiyan, Where The Buddhas Once Stood, Central Afghanistan

Bamiyan, Where The Buddhas Once Stood, Central Afghanistan

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Bamiyan, Afghanistan

Bamiyan, Afghanistan

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