Man buys tank for £30,000 and makes discovery of a lifetime when he looks inside

Tank enthusiast and military expert Nick Mead originally bought the tank in 2017 after spotting it on eBay but, when he ...

Man buys Russian tank for £30,000 and makes life-changing discovery inside

In 2017, tank enthusiast Nick Mead bought a Russian T54/69 tank for £30,000 and, after prising it open with mechanic Todd, ...

'I bought a tank for £30,000 and made the discovery of a lifetime when I looked inside'

Tank enthusiast Nick Mead bought a Russian T54/69 tank for £30,000 in 2017 and was astonished to discover items estimated to ...
Popular Mechanics

As Losses Mount, Russia Is Reactivating Soviet-Era T-54 Tanks. That Says So Much.

Russia is dusting off the cobwebs from military deep storage facilities in the country’s Far East, for the first time railing un-upgraded Cold War T-54B tanks westward, possibly bound for Ukraine. Now ...
RBTH

British collector finds $2.5 million worth of gold bullion in Russian tank

Fuel compartment of the armored T54/69 was concealing 5 gold bars. British collector Nick Mead chanced upon five gold bars in a Russian T54/69 tank he purchased, UK newspaper The Sun reported on April ...
Popular Mechanics

Yes, Russia Is Using Ancient Tanks in Combat in Ukraine. But Not as Tanks.

In late March, photos of tank-laden trains unearthed on Russian social media strongly suggested that Russia had finally begun reactivating some of its thousands of old T-54B tanks in deep storage for ...
The National Interest

Is Russia’s T54/55 the Most Popular Tank in World History?

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The T-54/55 continues to serve in active duty or in the reserve inventories of many countries around the world, especially among state and non-state actors that do ...