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Zombie Tank: China’s Type 59D, updated Cold War T-54/55, to live-on as a Robot Tank?

Cold War: Approximately 1947 (due to U.S. President Harry Truman’s Truman Doctrine) to 1991 (Operation Desert Storm, collapse of Soviet Union).

People’s Liberation Army 77th Group Army photo by Guo Yuhui, 26MAY2021.

China’s Type 59 (aka WZ-120) is a license built version of the Soviet T-54A.  Many were sold/given to Viet Nam during the U.S. occupation of that South East Asian country, it was the first time the Type 59 experienced actual combat.   In the last decade of the non-official Cold War (the 1980s) China upgraded its tanks with NATO’s 105mm L7 gun, designed in United Kingdom.

Type 59D of the PLA 77th Group Army, 20MAR2018. Photo by Yang Qishuai.

The latest version of the Type 59 is the Type 59D (WZ-120D) with explosive reactive armor and a longer barreled 105mm L7 main gun (which is now called the ZPL-94/Type 94 gun).  Apparently it is able to launch anti-tank guided missiles from the ZPL-94 gun.

Type 59D of the PLA 77th Group Army, 20MAR2018. Photo by Yang Qishuai.

Type 59D of the PLA 77th Group Army, 20MAR2018. Photo by Yang Qishuai.

Type 59D of the PLA 77th Group Army, 16MAR2018.

Type 59D of the PLA 77th Group Army, 16MAR2018.

Type 59D of the PLA 77th Group Army, 16MAR2018.

Video still from a China Central TV (CCTV) report about remote controlled Type 59 tanks.

In March 2018, the PLA announced that many of the retiring Type 59 tanks are being converted to be used as remote control tanks, or even robot tanks: “A large number of due-to-retire Type 59 tanks can be converted into unmanned vehicles if equipped with artificial intelligence.”-Liu Qingshan, chief editor of Tank and Armoured Vehicle

Vehicle I-D: CHINA STILL USES THE NATO GUNNED TYPE 88 WARSAW PACT BASED TANK

Zombie Tank: COLD WAR ZOMBIE TANK T-54/55, THEY’RE EVERYWHERE!

World War 3: CHINA DEVELOPS/DEPLOYS MILITARY SYSTEMS SPECIFICALLY FOR UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION!

Terminator: U.S. ARMY TRIPLES INVENTORY OF COMBAT ROBOT TANKS!

Zombie Tank: China still uses the NATO gunned Type 88 Warsaw Pact based tank

Type 88A in the Gobi Desert, sometime in 2021. People’s Liberation Army-Xinjiang Military Command photo by Li Renxi.

During the last decade of the non-official Cold War, China began experimenting with the Soviet designed T-54/55 tank, and the NATO United Kingdom designed 105mm L7 main gun.  One of the results was the Type 88.

Type 88A conducts live-fire gunnery in the Gobi Desert, sometime in 2021. People’s Liberation Army-Xinjiang Military Command photo by Shi Jinguang.

In the 1990s, testing by South Africa revealed the NATO 105mm gun could not penetrate the armor of the upgraded Russian T-72, and that the Russian 125mm gun could easily destroy the Type 88.  This revelation killed export sales of the Chinese tank, but amazingly China still uses the Type 88A (with the long barreled version of the L7 gun known as ZPL-94/Type 94).

Type 88A in the Gobi Desert, sometime in 2021. PLA-Xinjiang Military Command photo by Li Renxi.

Type 88A in the Gobi Desert, sometime in 2021. PLA-Xinjiang Military Command photo by Li Renxi.

Type 88A in the Gobi Desert, sometime in 2021. PLA-Xinjiang Military Command photo by Li Renxi.

Gobi Desert sometime in 2021. PLA-Xinjiang Military Command photo by Shi Jinguang.

The old Type 88A is being replaced with the new Type 15 Light Tank (aka ZTQ-15), which is also armed with the 105mm gun.

PLA-Xinjiang Military Command live-fire gunnery, April 2020. Photo by Han Qiang.

PLA-Xinjiang Military Command live-fire gunnery, April 2020. Photo by Han Qiang.

Type 88A, Uyghur Autonomous Region on 30MAR2020. Photo by Yuan Kai.

Type 88A, Uyghur Autonomous Region on 30MAR2020. Photo by Yuan Kai.

These PLA-Xinjiang Military Command Type 88As are equipped with something similar to the U.S. MILES lazer-tag wargame system. Photo by Sun Bo, 19MAR2020.

Not only are these PLA-Xinjiang Military Command Type 88As equipped with something similar to the U.S. MILES lazer-tag wargame system, their main antenna looks very much like a U.S. antenna. Photo by Sun Bo, 19MAR2020.

Night maneuvers Uygur Autonomous Region, January 2020. PLA-Xinjiang Military Command photo by Yuan Kai.

Can you identify a Type 88A at night?

Night maneuvers Uygur Autonomous Region, January 2020. PLA-Xinjiang Military Command photo by Yuan Kai.

Night maneuvers Tianshan Mountains, October 2019. PLA-Xinjiang Military Command photo.

Uygur Autonomous Region, August 2018. PLA-Xinjiang Military Command photo by Yuan Kai.

The exhaust pipes of the Type 88A are on the opposite side of the Grandfather T-54/55, and they are two large round pipes.

Uygur Autonomous Region, January 2020. PLA-Xinjiang Military Command photo by Yuan Kai.

In the above photo you can see a Type 88A being hauled away by an old fashioned T-54/55 ARV, notice the standard T-54/55 single exhaust pipe.

Vehicle I-D: CHINA’S H-6K

Zombie Tank: U.S. BRINGS DEAD IRAQI T-54/55 BACK TO LIFE!

Financial Martial Law: Social Media giants can keep your ad revenues for themselves!

27 February 2022  (05:07-UTC-07 Tango 06) 08 Esfand 1400/25 Rajab 1443/27 Ren-Yin 4720

Meta (Facebook, Instagram), YouTube and Google are keeping the ad revenues generated by certain Russian channels!

Specifically, Google is halting Russian media that is considered state funded from placing ads with Google services.  YouTube is keeping the ad revenue generated by certain Russian channels.  Apparently, Meta has outright banned the monetization of at least four Russian news outlets (a Twitter post by Meta claims it is their way of keeping Ukrainians “safe”).

Russia has apparently retaliated against Meta by banning certain aspects of Facebook.

World War 3: NATO GOES TO WAR, CYBER ATTACKS JUSTIFY ARTICLE 5!

Financial Martial Law:

U.S. DOLLARS CONTROLLED BY THE RED COATS? U.S. WORLD BANK FINANCES REPRESSION BY CHINA?

 

World War 3: Russia pays refugees 120 bucks! 117,000 people flee Donbass!

27 February 2022  (04:41-UTC-07 Tango 06) 08 Esfand 1400/25 Rajab 1443/27 Ren-Yin 4720

Reports by TASS that Russian Ministry of Emergencies is giving refugees from Donbass Oblast a one time payment of 10-thousand rubles (which is about USD$120, not a lot of money for people in the U.S., but a lot for Russia).

Photo via Russian Emergency Ministry.

Already there is at least 117-thousand refugees now in Russia’s Rostov Oblast!

World War 3: NORTH KOREA HALTS COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA AFTER ARREST OF GENERAL BY RUSSIA!

24FEB2022: RUSSIA DEALS WITH MORE THAN 17,000 REFUGEES, READY FOR MORE!

Biden’s War: February Army/Air Force deployments & redeployments!

U.S. Army photo by Specialist Xuyang Zhao, 01FEB2022.

Smiling NATO medics from the U.S. Army, and the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy, pose for a photo inside Norwegian Role 2 medical facility, in Norway, as they prep for casualties caused by ‘near-peer’ threats, 01FEB2022.

(from 2017, “NEAR PEER THREATS”, CODE FOR RUSSIA & CHINA AND THE COMING 3RD WORLD WAR?)

Ämari Air Base, Estonia, U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Megan M. Beatty, 01FEB2022.

On 01FEB2022, F-15E Strike Eagles from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, are now in Estonia for NATO ‘air policing’ operations.

U.S. Air Force video of F-15s in Estonia, by Staff Sergeant Megan M. Beatty, 03FEB2022:

Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina, U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Jillian G. Hix, 03FEB2022.

On 03FEB2022, U.S. Army paratroopers with 82nd Airborne began boarding U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemasters for Biden’s anti-Russia operation Global Defender, which will deploy 2-thousand additional active duty U.S. Army personnel to NATO Europe.

Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina, USA photo by Corporal Maxine Baen, 04FEB2022.

It isn’t just the 82nd Airborne, but by 04FEB2022 the 18th Airborne Corps began boarding C-17s bound for NATO Europe.

18th Airborne Corps material gets off-loaded on Wiesbaden, Germany. USA photo by Sergeant Stephen P. Perez, 04FEB2022.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Dawn M. Weber, 04FEB2022.

On 04FEB2022, the crews of U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemasters, on Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, prepared for flights to Ukraine.

USAF photo by Senior Airman Thomas Karol, 04FEB2022.

On 04FEB2022, the crews of USAF C-130Js on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, loaded supplies to support NATO units in Europe.

Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport, Poland. Puerto Rico Army National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Angel D. Martinez-Navedo, 06FEB2022.

On 06FEB2022, additional U.S. Army 82nd Airborne paratroopers arrived in Poland, as part of Biden’s operation Global Defender.

U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant David Lietz.

On 07FEB2022, Tennessee Army National Guard militia were on Fort Bliss, Texas, completing hastened deployment training to an undisclosed location.  The military police militia from Tennessee recently found out that their original deployment location was suddenly changed, and for some reason their training has been rushed: “A week ago we found out we are going to a different location. The Soldiers took it in stride. They are very resilient.”-First Lieutenant Timothy Sanders, Company Commander, 268th Military Police Company, Tennessee Army National Guard

“This upcoming mission is very unique. Every single Soldier going on this mission volunteered for it. They want to be here. They are excited. We are the first members of the Tennessee National Guard to do this mission. We accelerated the training and are already validated 100% across the board.”-First Sergeant R.J. Phelps, 268th Military Police Company, Tennessee Army National Guard

U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Edwin J. Pierce.

Also on 07FEB2022, the Virginia Army National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment, 29th Combat Aviation Brigade, completed their deployment training on Fort Bliss. They are flying to Kosovo.

U.S. Army photo by Gertrud Zach, 09FEB2022.

On 09FEB2022, it was announced that the U.S. Army’s 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment will deploy from its home base in Germany to Romania, as part of Biden’s operation Global Defender.

On 10FEB2022, USAF F-22 Raptor 1st Fighter Wing aircrews on Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, prepped for deployment to United Arab Emirates (UAE). USAF video by Senior Airman Anthony Nin Leclere:

On 11FEB2022, the U.S. Army Recruiting Command announced new bonuses for recruits who can quickly ship-out for basic training: $5-thousand if you can ship-out within 90 days, $9-thousand if you can ship-out within 30 days, and somewhere in-between for those who can ship-out within 60 days! 

USAF video by Staff Sergeant Gabriel Macdonald, 1st Fighter Wing personnel deploy for UAE on 11FEB2022:

Illinois Army National Guard photo by Lieutenant Colonel Bradford Leighton, 13FEB2022.

On 13FEB2022, Illinois Army National Guard’s 6th Battalion, 54th Security Force Assistance Brigade conducted a deployment ceremony, they are being deployed to Mongolia, along with the U.S. Army’s 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

Family members of deploying 934th AW Airmen watch as a
934th Airlift Wing’s C-130H3 departs from Minneapolis Saint Paul Air Reserve Station. U.S. Air Force photo by Chris Farley, 16FEB2022.

On 15FEB2022, it was revealed that the week prior the USAF-Reserve mobilized its 934th Airlift Wing, in Minnesota, to use its C-130H3s to conduct troop and cargo transport operations between the United States and Europe.

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant Caila Arahood, 16FEB2022.

On 16FEB2022, the Georgia Air National Guard’s 165th Airlift Wing deployed its upgraded C-130H transports to to support U.S. Air Forces Europe.

Vermont Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Michael Davis, 16FEB2022.

On 16FEB2022, several F-35A Lightning-2s based out of Hill Air Force Base, Utah, blasted off from the Vermont Air National Guard Base in South Burlington, Vermont, on their way to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany.  Apparently it caused such a commotion that the Vermont Air National Guard was flooded with inquiries from local civilians (silly-vilians) wanting to know what was going on, causing the Vermont Air Guard to issue a statement referring concerned taxpayers to a press release from the U.S. Air Force.

USAF photo by Cynthia Griggs, 16FEB2022.

Also on 16FEB2022, Airmen from active duty 388th and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing depart Hill Air Force Base, Utah, to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany.

U.S. Army video, by Specialist John Simpson, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 101st Airborne personnel depart for NATO Europe as part of Joint Task Force Dragon:

Puerto Rico Army National Guard photo by Captain Mario Rotgers, 09FEB2022.

It was revealed on 17FEB2022, that personnel of the Puerto Rico Army National Guard’s 191st Regional Support Group have been in Poland providing logistical support for the U.S. Army’s 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions. Not just in Poland, the 191st RSG is conducting operations in 14 Forward Operating Sites spread around Poland, Lithuania and Latvia: “The Group work is expanding all over Poland to support efforts in response to current situations. We are setting up new forward operating sites to uphold the incoming waves of U.S. Soldiers and continue to provide combat-credible support to allied land forces.”-Colonel Paul Dahlen, 191st Regional Support Group commander

USA photo by Sergeant Amouris Coss, 17FEB2022.

On 17FEB2022, the 547th Medical Company (Area Support) of the 62nd Medical Brigade (which is based on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, in Washington) conducted mass-casualty training on Hohenfels, Germany.

On 23FEB2022, the Vermont Army National Guard announced that 1-hundred personnel will be deploying, no not to Europe, but to Washington DC! There are still 6-hundred National Guard personnel from across the U.S. patrolling the streets of the nation’s capital city!

On 23FEB2022, the West Virginia National Guard announced that at least 80 personnel will deploy to Washington DC! There are still 6-hundred National Guard personnel from across the U.S. patrolling the streets of the nation’s capital city!

Is the deployment of more National Guard personnel to Washington DC about the anti-Pandemic mandate Freedom Convoy?

Idaho National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 23FEB2022.

Also on 23FEB2022, Idaho Army National Guard deployed C-12 Huron crews to somewhere in Africa: “The Idaho National Guard always answers the call when we are needed. The Africa mission is a noble example of this. I’m proud of the exemplary work the unit has accomplished when called upon in the past and I know their professionalism during this mission will fall in line with the Idaho National Guard’s high standards.”-Chief Warrant Officer 4 Spencer Widman, Detachment 35 State Aviation Group

(Idaho already has troops in The Middle East, as part of a multi-state deployment at the end of 2021!)

U.S. Army video, by Sergeant Meleesa Gutierrez, 173rd Airborne redeploys from NATO Italy to NATO Latvia, 23-24FEB2022:

NATO Channel video, U.S. Army Apache ‘Longbow’ gunships ‘forward deployed’ from Katterbach Army Airfield, Germany, to Lielvārde Air Base, Latvia, 24FEB2022:

USAF photo by Senior Airman John R. Wright, 26FEB2022.

On 26FEB2022, the F-35 unit out of Hill AFB, Utah, was ‘forward deployed’ (or redeployed) from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, to Siauliai Air Base, Lithuania.

USAF photo by Airman First Class Edgar Grimaldo, 26FEB2022.

On 26FEB2022, it was revealed that the USAF’s 100th Aerial Refueling Wing ‘deployed forward’ from their base on Royal Air Force Mildenhall, United Kingdom, to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, providing 24-hour aerial refueling for NATO aircraft.

USAF photo by Senior Airman John R. Wright, 27FEB2022.

On 27FEB2022, USAF 48th Fighter Wing F-35s, based on United Kingdom’s RAF Lakenheath, were forward deployed to Siauliai Air Base in Lithuania.

48th FW F-35s were also forward deployed to Ämari Air Base in Estonia.  USAF video of their arrival on 27FEB2022, by Staff Sergeant Megan Beatty:

USA photo by Captain John D. Howard Junior, 27FEB2022.

On 27FEB2022, approximately 3-thousand-8-hundred personnel with the U.S. Army’s  1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, deployed from Fort Stewart in Georgia, to somewhere in the U.S. Africa/Europe command area.

The U.S. Navy-Marine Corps routinely deploy as the Department of the Navy is the only Constitutionally authorized branch of the U.S. military to project U.S. power overseas.

Biden’s War, so far for 2022:

A load of 1,250 M4A1 assault rifles arrived in Dakar, Senegal 21JAN2022. It’s part of a larger contract for 5,000 M4A1 ARs and accessories over the next two years.

MORE U.S. ASSAULT RIFLES GOING TO AFRICA!

IS NATO EUROPE UN-ASSING AFRICA TO PREP FOR WAR WITH RUSSIA? WHY IS RUSSIA SO INTERESTED IN AFRICA?

WAR with Russia TO START IN MARCH?  IT’S ALL ABOUT THE GAS!

JANUARY ARMY/AIR FORCE DEPLOYMENTS

World War 3: North Korea halts cooperation with Russia after arrest of General by Russia!

25 February 2022  (12:50-UTC-07 Tango 06) 06 Esfand 1400/23 Rajab 1443/25 Ren-Yin 4720

North Korean (that’s correct, North Korea) news media reporting that North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic) has suspended work visas for Koreans to work in Russia!

This is a result of a North Korean general, working at their consulate in Vladivostok, who was arrested by Russia for illegally extending work visas for Koreans already in Russia.  The news reports also say that North Korea has moved its spy agency, known as  Enemy Collapse Sabotage Bureau, out of Russia!

It also turns out that the North Korean general tried to defect to Russia in July, however, Russian police arrested him on the 20th of September for violating Russian law regarding work visas, but since then he has ‘disappeared’!

False Flag 2017: U.S.-NATO PUPPET UKRAINE SUPPLIED NORTH KOREA WITH ICBM ENGINES!

World War 3: Russia deals with more than 17,000 refugees, ready for more!

“The system has been worked out, and at present, all the logistics for accommodating and providing assistance to residents of the Luhansk People’s Republic and Donetsk People’s Republic have been built. And not only within the Rostov region, but also in other regions of the Russian Federation.”-Alexander Chupriyan, Acting Head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry

The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations admits that it is dealing with more than 17-thousand refugees from the Donbas region, as of 23FEB2022.  But they are expecting many more.

Russia is prepping a total of 656 accommodation centers, for an expected 58-thousand refugees!  Currently the refugees are camped in Rostov Oblast, but Russian emergency response units are ready to expand refugee transportation, by rail, to centers in Moscow, Lipetsk, Belgorod, Ryazan and Penza oblasts.

World War 3:

Photo via Russian Emergency Ministry, 22FEB2022.

RUSSIAN FOOD AID for DONBAS refugees, PREPS WAR REFUGEE CENTERS IN ROSTOV!

World War 3: Russian food aid for Donbas refugees, preps war refugee centers in Rostov!

“Six administration entities of the Russian Federation are involved in the work with refugees, but the situation will only expand. 44 regions are already ready to join this work, where temporary accommodation centers have been prepared.”-Russian Emergency Ministry

Photo via Russian Emergency Ministry, 22FEB2022.

228 metric tons of food aid was sent to ‘rescue centers’ in the Rostov Oblast of Russia, for refugees from Donetsk and Luhansk (Lugansk), on 22FEB2022.

Russian Emergency Ministry also said that more rescue/accommodation centers are being prepared in Rostov Oblast. Already more than 8-thousand psychologists, doctors, nurses, etc, are involved, as well as 1-thousand volunteers.  As of 22FEB2022 there are two vehicle checkpoints and 37 accommodation centers prepared.

Biden’s War: MORE U.S. ASSAULT RIFLES GOING TO AFRICA

World War 3: IDAHO TRAINS KOREAN ANTI-NUCLEAR COMBAT TEAMS!

Germany destroys U.S. bombers in Ukraine!

During the night, the German Luftwaffe destroyed several U.S. bombers on the ground of Poltava Airbase in Ukraine.  The U.S. bombers, of the 452nd Bomb Group, had arrived from United Kingdom as part of a ‘shuttle’ mission (aka Shuttle Raid).

The attack took place on 21JUN1944.  Interestingly, the U.S. Army’s  8th Air Force claims they did not receive the photo negatives until December 1945, the photos of the destroyed B-17s were not even released in the United States until 22JUL1949, kept secret years after the war ended by the U.S. Air Force Historical Office!

The 8th Air Force was using Poltava Airbase as a rest & recovery area for its bombers and crews, after conducting bombing missions against Germany, and other targets in Eastern Europe, during the Second World War.

According to the Historical Museum of the U.S. Air Force, 21JUN1944 was also the first time B-17s were used for Shuttle Raids.  I did find a photo dated April 1944 showing a B-17 on Poltava, but it doesn’t indicate if it was taking part in a Shuttle Raid.

U.S. Army Air Force crewmen stand next to a Soviet soldier, the day after the German airstrike.

During World War Two, Ukraine was one of the dozens of republics who were part of the Soviet Union, as was Russia.

U.S. Army Air Force personnel gaze at a portrait of Stalin, 04JUN1944.

Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and at the beginning of 1944 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt convinced Stalin to allow U.S. combat aircraft to land in the Soviet Union.

A Soviet solder, based on Poltava, painted portraits of Stalin and Roosevelt, completed on 28DEC1944.

 

1939 V 2019; GERMANY INVADES POLAND AGAIN, THIS TIME WITH THE HELP OF NATO!

Recovery Ops: DKM PRINZ EUGEN 2018, OR THE NINE ANCHORS