Tank graveyard explained

The term tank graveyard or tank cemetery refers to an area containing a number of derelict armored vehicles, generally as a result of warfare.

While they often are only a last resting place for destroyed, broken down or outdated equipment, tank graveyards can be a source of parts to produce new or restored vehicles. Ukraine has for instance been able to field hundreds of new tanks to fight in the Russo-Ukrainian War by cannibalizing those sitting in graveyards since the Soviet era.^[1]

Notable tank graveyards

• Vukovar, Croatia (Battle of Vukovar,^[2] Croatian War of Independence)
• Kabul, Afghanistan (Soviet–Afghan War)
• Khemkaran,^[3] India (1965 India Pakistan War)
• Chawinda, Pakistan (1965 India Pakistan War)
• Longewala, India (1971 India Pakistan War)
• Highway of Death, north of Kuwait City, Kuwait (1991, Operation Desert Storm)
• Asmara, Eritrea (Eritrean War of Independence)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Slate.fr. 2015-09-28. En Ukraine, une usine retape des tanks soviétiques pour lutter contre les prorusses. 2020-09-04. Slate.fr. fr.
2. http://www.vecernji.hr/newsroom/news/croatia/Vukovar/677552/index.do Vukovar - Junački otpor trideset puta jačem agresoru
3. Book: Societies and Military Power: India and Its Armies. Stephen Peter Rosen. 1996. Cornell University Press. 0-8014-3210-3. 246. registration.