A team of amateur military enthusiasts managed to find and unearth the historic vehicle.
The ground of Europe literally has centuries of history buried deep in the dirt. Some of it was lost during battle, while other times it was a case of neglect. Then there are the cases where nature proved to be the greatest adversary of all.
That was the case with a World War II Buffalo LVT (Amphibious Vehicle, Tracked), which was uncovered last month after being lost for nearly three quarters of a century.
The particular LVT had been employed by the British Army after the World War II to provide flood defenses near the village of Crowland in the East Midlands of England near the North Sea. In 1947, a total of sixteen of the Buffalo tanks were deployed to Crowland to help combat record floods. The amphibious armored vehicles had been lined up to act as a dam to stop the flooding, but they proved no match for Mother Nature's wrath!