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The tank graveyard: German depot that hasdismantled more than 15,000 armoured vehicles built for the Cold War but nowsit waiting to be stripped and melted down
With conflict in European soil in east Ukraine,Russiaallegedly massing her forces at the border, it may seem odd that many of thecontinent's nations are actually dismantling their armed forces.
These pictures show dozens of Marder lighttanks that once belonged to the West German army's mechanised infantry, waitingin the yard of Battle Tank Dismantling GmbH in Edeleben, Germany.
Since the early 1990s the company hasdismantled over 15,000 tanks and other armoured vehicles, from German,Austrian, French and other European arsenals. They are complying with Treaty onConventional Armed Forces in Europe, anagreement from the final years of the Cold War which placed limits on key typesof military equipment.
But critics say that with the end of theCold War and the shifts in the balance of power in Eastern Europe, the terms of the treaty are out of date. Russia in 2007 refused to meet its treatyobligations out of anger at the westwards expansion of Nato and plans to bases U.S. ballistic missile defences in Poland.
The tank graveyard: German depot that hasdismantled more than 15,000 armoured vehicles built for the Cold War but nowsit waiting to be stripped and melted down
With conflict in European soil in east Ukraine,Russiaallegedly massing her forces at the border, it may seem odd that many of thecontinent's nations are actually dismantling their armed forces.
These pictures show dozens of Marder lighttanks that once belonged to the West German army's mechanised infantry, waitingin the yard of Battle Tank Dismantling GmbH in Edeleben, Germany.
Since the early 1990s the company hasdismantled over 15,000 tanks and other armoured vehicles, from German,Austrian, French and other European arsenals. They are complying with Treaty onConventional Armed Forces in Europe, anagreement from the final years of the Cold War which placed limits on key typesof military equipment.
But critics say that with the end of theCold War and the shifts in the balance of power in Eastern Europe, the terms of the treaty are out of date. Russia in 2007 refused to meet its treatyobligations out of anger at the westwards expansion of Nato and plans to bases U.S. ballistic missile defences in Poland.
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