Korean war surplus

[bearhunter]

I saw several pallets of Garands and boxes of 1911A1s that came out of Viet Nam. There was other stuff as well, cleaning kits, slings, bayonets, holsters, ammunition, a few 1903s, etc.

As sf mentioned they were very poorly maintained. They looked and were terrible for the most part. Alan Lever was lucky enough to get in early and the stuff he got was some of the best available. There were a few, very few in exc condition. Those disappeared on the first day. Alan let the dealers in to have first dibs as usual and they cherry picked the lots. For the most part, they were about the same as the latest Danish offerings, other than that they were as bad inside as they were on the outside.

Korean stuff is usually very well maintained. I'm surprised that they're actually selling this stuff off. Some enterprising chief of staff or high ranking politician must have been talking to the Russians diplomatic branch on how to get rich quick. The Koreans produced most of their own parts for the US equipment. I'll bet they will be similar to the Danish stuff or even better.

 

[sf]

Around the 80's and with the war now over, those victorious NVA commie boss tried to cash in on their war loots to pad their bank accounts. I read an article that they were selling off M113 APC, Huey choppers, tanks and just about everything else they captured from the ARVN for cash. Some surplus arm dealers went in there to have a look and see. What they saw were basically rusting non functioning equipments sitting in some muddy field fully exposed to tropical elements 24/7 since 1975. Needless to say, everyone pretty much went home empty handed and the commie's dream of getting rich quick was a bust.