Nature's War Museum: Army Weapons and Helmets Swallowed up by Russian Forest
These photos show weapons of war and military helmets that have been swallowed up and engulfed in trees in a Russian forest.
![grenade in tree](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1373513/grenade-tree.jpg?w=736&f=0fd7077625d8d38251f538bea14d4012)
The weapons in this forest-museum include rifles, grenades, shells and a sapper's shovel.
The style of the helmets suggest they belonged to Red Army soldiers during World War II. They probably fell onto young saplings during a battle, and the trees subsequently grew through bullet holes in the helmets.
![machine gun machine gun](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1373519/machine-gun.jpg)
![helmet tree helmet tree](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1373517/helmet-tree.jpg)
It is thought that most of these photos were taken in a forested area known as Nevsky Pyatachok, which saw heavy fighting during the Siege of Leningrad (1941-43).
WWII was the deadliest military conflict in history, and Soviet Union suffered the heaviest losses. Estimates of Russian military deaths range from eight million to 14 million.
![shell tree shell tree](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1373520/shell-tree.jpg)
![helmet in tree helmet in tree](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1373514/helmet-tree.jpg)
![helmet in tree helmet in tree](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1373515/helmet-tree.jpg)
![shell tree shell tree](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1373521/shell-tree.jpg)
![fins in tree fins in tree](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1373512/fins-tree.jpg)
![hletmet rusty hletmet rusty](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1373516/hletmet-rusty.jpg)
![bomb in tree bomb in tree](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1373511/bomb-tree.jpg)
![sappers shovel sappers shovel](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1373525/sappers-shovel.jpg)
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