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

Notable tank graveyards

Vukovar, Croatia (Battle of Vukovar,[1] Croatian War of Independence)
Tank Graveyard (Kabul), Afghanistan (Soviet–Afghan War)
Khemkaran,[2] India (1965 India Pakistan War)
Chawinda, Pakistan (1965 India Pakistan War)
Highway of Death, north of Kuwait City, Kuwait (1991, Operation Desert Storm)
Asmara, Eritrea (Eritrean War of Independence)

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References

(in Croatian) Vukovar - Junački otpor trideset puta jačem agresoru Archived 2008-05-21 at the Wayback Machine
Stephen Peter Rosen. Societies and Military Power: India and Its Armies. Cornell University Press. p. 246. ISBN 0-8014-3210-3.

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[1] (in Croatian) Vukovar - Junački otpor trideset puta jačem agresoru Archived 2008-05-21 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Stephen Peter Rosen. Societies and Military Power: India and Its Armies. Cornell University Press. p. 246. ISBN 0-8014-3210-3.