This Guy Purchased A Tank On Ebay, But Didn’t Know It Contained A Fortune

The Tank Goes On The Market After The Persian Gulf War

After the Russian T-54 tank was put to use by Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi forces in the Persian Gulf conflict, the tank was not just destroyed. Instead, the history of the vehicle would suggest that the tank was captured and sold off when the Coalition invaded and put an end to Iraq’s advance.

Apparently, many tanks were sold to the Iraq Army during the 1980s, and then auctioned off to the highest bidder after the conflict. It’s easy to imagine that the tank could have ended up in any number of places. Nick Mead ended up with the Russian T-54 tank because he was able to transact the trade that brought it home to his farm in England.