It produces diesel engines, farm machinery, coal mining, sugar refining, and wind farm equipment, but is best known for its production of Soviet tanks, including the BT tank series of fast tanks, the famous T-34 of the Second World War, the Cold War T-64 and T-80, and their modern Ukrainian successor, the T-84.

Mar 3, 2014 · These incredible photographs show a huge tank graveyard in the Ukraine - home to hundreds of the abandoned vehicles which the country may desperately need if tensions with Russia continue to...

Jan 19, 2016 · Up to today tanks, armoured vehicles and other sorts of heavy (industrial) machinery are still being produced at Malyshev. It’s a well known factory and was even used as a depot for storing the bodies of the victims of the downing of …

This fascinating and astonishing revelation certainly amazed thousands of historians, war scientists, and plain, curious ordinary people; yes, there are hundreds of secret, abandoned, Soviet military tanks gradually rusting away somewhere within …

But you don’t have to be a total gearhead to appreciate just how cool gigantic piles of abandoned tanks, rows upon rows of abandoned cars or mind blowing huge ghost fleets of aircraft can be. Let's explore some of the largest and most amazing …

KHARKIV, Ukraine — There was a time when the enormous Malyshev factory churned out thousands of the Soviet Union’s prized T-34 tanks. The tank’s legendary armor is believed to have played a...

Kharkov Armoured Repair Factory. This is the somewhat abandoned Krarkov tank repair plant, that used to repair around 60 units and 55 engines monthly, before the collapse of the Soviet Union. Krarkov (or Khrarkiv) in Ukraine, hosted one of the best tank units factories in the 1930's.

Detroit Arsenal (DTA), formerly Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant (DATP) was the first manufacturing plant ever built for the mass production of tanks in the United States. Established in 1940 under Chrysler, the plant was owned by the U.S. government until 1996. It …

Oct 7, 2015 · In Grand Blanc Michigan the Former Fisher Body Tank Plant sits abandoned after operating as a major American tank plant from 1942-1945. Built From the ground up to accommodate the growing need for tank production in the United states during World War II, it became one of the most important but understated production facilities in the United States.

Sep 15, 2015 · The tractor factory was abandoned years before the war, and the land was earmarked for residential development but fell victim to bureaucratic red tape and squatters.