Tank graveyard

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

Iraqi tanks in the Kuwaiti desert, 2004

While they often are only a last resting place for destroyed, broken down or outdated equipment, tank graveyards can be a source of parts to produce new or restored vehicles.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)