As of the late 2010s, the tank was reportedly transferred to the at Fort Moore (formerly Fort Benning), Georgia. It remains one of the most studied T-72s in the Western world, serving as a training aid to show tank crews exactly where to aim on an enemy T-72—and where not to.
There is a proposal by the Kyiv Museum of Military History to acquire it. The curators argue that number 583 belongs on display not as a trophy, but as a memento mori —a reminder that armies that rely on rusting 1979 chassis with missing parts cannot win modern wars.
As they crested the final ridge, the world turned into a kaleidoscope of tracers and grey smoke. The infantry were huddled behind a line of rusted freight cars. Volkov dropped into the belly of the beast, slamming the hatch shut. The world shrank to the green glow of the periscope and the smell of grease and ozone.