The tank was discovered while an old underground storage facility was being dismantled. Rather than simply being abandoned, the Panther had been deliberately installed inside a specially constructed brick-lined underground chamber, complete with steps leading towards its turret.
University historians say the captured German tank was given an unusual second life after WWII. Scientists at the former Kazan Chemical Technology Institute used its heavy armor as a protective chamber for experiments involving explosives, gunpowder and pyrotechnic compounds. Researchers entered through the turret hatch, placed experimental samples inside and then remotely detonated them from the university building.
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