![]() No one expected an enemy armored assault.Īttacking them were 500 mercenaries, hired by Russia, who possessed artillery, armored personnel carriers, and T-72 main battle tanks. Their collective mission was to defend the Conoco facility, alongside Kurdish and Arab forces. Roughly 20 miles away, a team of Green Berets and a platoon of Marines stared at their computer screens, watching the drone feeds of the battle. They were in danger of being overrun.Ī team of about 30 special operations forces was pinned down at a Conoco gas plant. They returned fire, but it was not enough to repulse the tanks. After the barrage, a column of Russian tanks advanced on their positions, firing their 125-millimeter turret guns at soldiers. “The opening of the Tanks allows us to offer a different space in our programming so that performance, sound, moving images and participation can carry as much weight as anything else we are doing,” Dercon told Reuters at a press preview on Monday.The opening salvo of artillery was so intense that American troops took cover in foxholes for protection. The conversion of the vast concrete cylinders are the first stage of the Tate Modern Project, a 215 million pound transformation which will see a new building added to the museum, helping to expand its size by 60 percent. This is something different,” said Tate Modern director Chris Dercon, who believed the unusual shape of The Tanks will challenge artists to adapt and create new work. “This is not a museum, this is not a gallery, this not a theatre. ![]() The Tanks, which open their doors to the public on July 18, are the underground oil tanks belonging to the converted power station that have been transformed into a sleek exhibition space for artists to showcase their work. ![]() A worker walks through The Tanks, new galleries within the Tate Modern art gallery in London July 16, 2012. ![]()
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