YUMA — A fleet of former Soviet military vehicles that are routinely used for target practice and the testing of a new, highly advanced, artillery shell will be featured in an upcoming documentary for a popular cable channel.
The program, titled "Battlefield," is one in a series of 13 episodes being filmed for a new show to air on the History Channel called "Bone Yard."
"The show essentially explores what happens at the end of technology," said Douglas Miller, a freelance writer and director for Perpetual Motion Films, the company hired to shoot the episode.
Miller, along with photographer Gary Rohan, began filming footage for the show at Yuma Proving Ground on May 16, starting with a fleet of Cold War-era Soviet military vehicles, including a T-72 battle tank.
The fleet, which consists of about 175 vehicles and pieces of artillery, of which 85 are still operable, is owned by the Army's Primary Operation Center.
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"A majority of them we bought from the East German government and Soviet bloc countries, " said center manager Dan Schoenborn. "Five or six of them are actually Chinese."
Target Maintenance Supervisor Randy Ehrlich said the vehicles, which he oversees, are frequently used as targets in the testing of new weapons systems conducted at Yuma Proving Ground and other bases.
