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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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Shumshu, Russia

Shumshu, Russia

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AndresTomlin
Community Member
10 years ago

Looks like a scene from Howl's Moving Castle

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    Abandoned Tank On A Beach In Puerto Rico

    Abandoned Tank On A Beach In Puerto Rico

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    DanIbekwe
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    M4A3 (105mm) Sherman.

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    #3

    Tank Taken Over By Nature

    Tank Taken Over By Nature

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    DanIbekwe
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    M41 light tank (1950s, US built, widely exported).

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    #4

    Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

    Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

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    DanIbekwe
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    Another Sherman, E pluribus unum, one of the very many.

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    #5

    Tank Taken Over By Nature

    Tank Taken Over By Nature

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    NemanjaMitković
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    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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    #6

    Tanks In Antarctica

    Tanks In Antarctica

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    MilanKrstic
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    why would someone drive tanks in Antartica?

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    #7

    Tank In Flamenco Beach In Culebra, Puerto Rico

    Tank In Flamenco Beach In Culebra, Puerto Rico

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    Tony Gong
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Good picture but the rusting metals might be bad for wildlife

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    #8

    Dorset, Uk

    Dorset, Uk

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    JulesAnne
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    Wow

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    #9

    Abandoned Tankn In East Germany

    Abandoned Tankn In East Germany

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    DanIbekwe
    Community Member
    10 years ago

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

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    #10

    Abandoned Tank Base In Russia

    Abandoned Tank Base In Russia

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    DaveMatteson
    Community Member
    10 years ago

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

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    #11

    Tank Swallowed By Corals

    Tank Swallowed By Corals

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    Tony Gong
    Community Member
    4 years ago

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

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    #12

    Vlieland, Netherlands

    Vlieland, Netherlands

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    djdiamo1
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    Is This Vlieland !!? Can't find the tank(s) on google earth !!

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    #13

    Abandoned Is3 On Shikotan Island

    Abandoned Is3 On Shikotan Island

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    Tony Gong
    Community Member
    4 years ago

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    #14

    Zheltuchin Island, Russia

    Zheltuchin Island, Russia

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    Tony Gong
    Community Member
    4 years ago

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

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    Shikotan, Russia

    Shikotan, Russia

    dementievskiy.livejournal.com Report

    Tony Gong
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    IS-2

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    Chieftain, Slab Common, Bordon, Uk

    Chieftain, Slab Common, Bordon, Uk

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    Tony Gong
    Community Member
    4 years ago

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    Tank Taken Over By Nature

    Tank Taken Over By Nature

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    DaveMatteson
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    Another tank that's needs to be in a museum.

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    Abandoned Tank In Culebra, Puerto Rico

    Abandoned Tank In Culebra, Puerto Rico

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    Tony Gong
    Community Member
    4 years ago

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

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    #19

    Fort Knox Military Base, Usa

    Fort Knox Military Base, Usa

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    RonCanelon
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    M60 Patton

    #20

    Challenger On Slab Common, Uk

    Challenger On Slab Common, Uk

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    DaveMatteson
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    Used for recovery training...

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    #21

    Tank Taken Over By Nature

    Tank Taken Over By Nature

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    DanielWelter
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    Looks like a german Stug III, I may be wrong though

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    #22

    Tank Taken Over By Nature

    Tank Taken Over By Nature

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    HenryRobertson
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    Are these actual "tanks" or snow tractors?

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    #23

    Tank Taken Over By Nature

    Tank Taken Over By Nature

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    DanielWelter
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    looks like an american M3 Stuart

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    #24

    Abandoned Soviet Tank In Afghanistan

    Abandoned Soviet Tank In Afghanistan

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    DanielWelter
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    Russian T 54? or another tank of this family

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    #25

    Tank Taken Over By Nature

    Tank Taken Over By Nature

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    EM
    Community Member
    8 years ago

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

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    #26

    Tank Taken Over By Nature

    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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    DanielWelter
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    T 34-85

    #28

    Shikotan, Russia

    Shikotan, Russia

    dementievskiy.livejournal.com Report

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    Abandoned Tank Base In Russia

    Abandoned Tank Base In Russia

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    Tank Taken Over By Nature

    Tank Taken Over By Nature

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    RobertMcCan
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    Looks almost like a Panzerkampfwagen II

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    #31

    Abandoned Tank In Afghanistan

    Abandoned Tank In Afghanistan

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    #32

    Abandoned Tank In Cuamba, Mozambique

    Abandoned Tank In Cuamba, Mozambique

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    DanielWelter
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    T 34-85

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    #33

    British Army Chieftain, Slab Common, Bordon, Uk

    British Army Chieftain, Slab Common, Bordon, Uk

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    Tank Taken Over By Nature

    Tank Taken Over By Nature

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    DaveMatteson
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    Type 2 Ka-Mi

    #35

    Abandoned Tank Somewhere In Russia

    Abandoned Tank Somewhere In Russia

    KRANZ Report

    Will Hill
    Community Member
    9 years ago

    ISU-152

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    #36

    Tank Taken Over By Nature

    Tank Taken Over By Nature

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    DaveMatteson
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    M41

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    Abandoned Tank In Yemen

    Abandoned Tank In Yemen

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    DanielWelter
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    Another T 34-85

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    #38

    Fort Knox Military Base, Usa

    Fort Knox Military Base, Usa

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    DaveMatteson
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    M47

    #39

    Chieftain, Slab Common, Bordon, Uk

    Chieftain, Slab Common, Bordon, Uk

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    Tank Taken Over By Nature

    Tank Taken Over By Nature

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    Niall Scarbro
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Chieftain next to a Centurion ARV

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    #41

    Spartan On Slab Common, Uk

    Spartan On Slab Common, Uk

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    #42

    Bamiyan, Where The Buddhas Once Stood, Central Afghanistan

    Bamiyan, Where The Buddhas Once Stood, Central Afghanistan

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    Julien Gourin
    Community Member
    6 years ago

    ZSU ?

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    Bamiyan, Afghanistan

    Bamiyan, Afghanistan

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