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    buried and abandoned tanks

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    It's probably the same one(s) but I can remember back in the 1980s looking at a Nat Geo magazine and in the article about Antarctica, they showed a pair of turretless M2(?) combat cars that were left behind at some abandoned outpost. One was on it's side. I've been told there's lots of that stuff laying around up in Alaska as well.

     

    Matt

    kettenkrad replica project

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    Like others have posted, it is a shame as I too was looking forward to seeing the finished project. Wonder if it's a case of "just lost interest" or did something else happen? I've had to dump project(s) in the past before they were finished (or I could even start) and it always leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

     

    Matt

    WWII tank in modern conflict

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    These guys are speaking Russian. I can't tell what their motives are in starting this relic, but when they flip through the manual at 8 minutes into the video, they are NOT looking at it to educate themselves on what to do; it's more of a novelty, like leafing through a Playboy magazine you found when you were 14. At 25 seconds, he throws a gas tank and says they snagged it off a "Sherman". Another funny line, at 1:12, he grabs a sledge hammer, saying "this is left over from Soviet times" and is "the most important tool we have". These guys demonstrate the key attribute of Russian mechanics... they fix anything with a paperclip and few hand tools. And these guys are not pros!!

     

    I never claimed that they were Russian (or Ukrianian) All I wrote was that the video pre-dated the current crisis over there.

     

    Matt

    WWII tank in modern conflict

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    Yeah I noticed that too. Kind of cool seeing that old Soviet technical manual. That video predates the Ukrainian crisis and I think it is some sort of MV club (or museum vol. group) doing the recovery. Notice the Military tank transpo that comes in to pick up the assault gun. Also, if they were rebels, I don't think they would have demilled the gun.......Impressive seeing how the last time that machine ran was in the 1950s..

     

    Matt

    WWII tank in modern conflict

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    I had heard on the news over here (a while ago) that one of those "re-activated' relics attacked a Ukrainian Army road block. It didn't have a working main gun so only MGs were used. It might be the same JS-3 the Ukrainian Army captured. From what another news article published, the sepratists got the idea of raiding museums & monuments for arms from watching youtube videos of WWII tanks sitting in parks, part of war memorials being brought back to life by MV clubs or just curious mechanically minded persons(?). Here is a youtube video I'd bet was some of the inspiration for them:

     

    Matt

    Who forgot that they bought a tank?

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    I don't think the other vehicle under all that "junk" at the 00:14 mark is actually an M41. Not sure what it is maybe some kind of armored car?

     

    The M41 Walker Bulldog replaced the WWII vintage M24 Chaffee. Arrived to late for Korea, were phased out of front line service by the time Vietnam rolled around. They were used by American reserve & National Guard units through the 1960s (maybe 1970s?) the M42 duster variant was phased out of ANG service in the early 1980s.

     

     

    Matt

    Shipping Wars on Channel 4 commencing 2nd Feb 15

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    Wish I could watch it over here in the 'States. We have a version of that show on the TV over here as well. I'm not much on TV especially "Reality TV" but I do admit that that show is interesting to watch. When I won my S-3 lwt off of ebay I used U-ship.com to haul it. First thing I said when it arrived & the driver got out of his truck was "Hey, you're not the guy from that show!" (driver laughed). Good luck with your "big break" :cool2:

     

    Matt

    Mk.6 helmet & US CVC helmet

    in Clothing/uniforms

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    Hello list!

     

    Saw an old friend of mine whome I haven't seen in person in quite a while last night. Apparently, he was doing some "horse trading" with someone else & I wound up with a British Mk.6 helmet with desert DPM cover and one of the later versions of the American two piece CVC helmets. What's even better, is that he just gave them to me!

     

    While I needed the Mk.6 to round out my DPM uniform impression, I really don't know much (anything) about them such as the difference between the Mk.6 & the Mk.6A. Any recommendations for sites that I should check out for info on them other than wikipedia?

     

     

    Matt

    What are these?

    in Weapons/Accessories

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    Though they wouldn't have been painted silver, I wonder if they are not the stretcher polls for one of the front line ambulances based on the jeep? The canvas web strap in the pic, does it have one of those buckles with the spring loaded locking jaw like you find on US M series vehicle canvas?

     

    Matt

    What have you found in the bowels of your MV?

    in MV Chatter

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    My money is on them coming from a British soldier's Individual Rations. In Composite Rations (for 4 or 10 men), we tended to get Cadbury's Dairy Milk or Tiffin; in Individual Rations you saw more variation. But whatever, they were evidently sourced from wherever, because we regularly saw Arabic script on them. And usually the brown chocolate was dry, oxidised white.

     

    That's interesting. I'd assumed that they had been enjoyed by a crew member(s) but my fevered imagination thought that they were picked up someplace else (Op. Granby)......

     

    Matt

    What have you found in the bowels of your MV?

    in MV Chatter

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    While tearing down the ferret Mk.1/2 I found a couple of candy wrappers with Arabic printing "Malteasers" on them. They were under the transmission. a black ink pen was under the engine itself. While tearing down the S-3 light weight I found a 1968 dated 10 pence coin. The coin, I carry with me in my wallet as a defacto "challenge coin". So far, it's the coolest thing I've found in an MV......

     

    Matt

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