Nope. Charge handle on the FAL is on the correct side.
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Dark Alley Dan
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They shift 200 to 250 tonnes of UXO a year, and at that rate, they'll be done in NINE HUNDRED YEARS. Good lord, what a job.
Australians at Ypres, adding to the problem:
Australians at Ypres, adding to the problem:
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Buncha that stuff ended up as impromptu artificial reefs. So much waste at the end of the war. Damn few folks thought about the "long game" - get a couple thousand Arisakas, grease 'em up, put 'em aside, wait forty years, sell 'em, retire.
Imagine the return one could get if they had the space to lay up three Lancasters, or a couple B17s, or a Jagdpanther. Barn fresh, wartime spec, available to the highest bidder...
Imagine the return one could get if they had the space to lay up three Lancasters, or a couple B17s, or a Jagdpanther. Barn fresh, wartime spec, available to the highest bidder...
More like their grandkids would get rich.
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The longest of "long games"...
It's a good plan, but times (and mentality) changes.
Remember that German guy who had a Panther, V 1 missle and a bunch of other stuff in his basement?
Everyone in the town knew he had it (he apparently cleared roads with it during a blizzard in the late 70's)
Anyways, many years later the government seized all this stuff. I never heard a followup if he ever got compensated for it. Most people polled felt he should have.
Apparently the Bundeswehr didnt tow the Panther away correctly and damaged it.
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Belgian 2018 WWI memorial 'Coming World Remember Me'
Located in Genk, Belgium in Limburg, on the Eastern side of the Flemish Community.'The Future Depends on Forgotten Memories.'
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Interesting. Perhaps the idea that "old grudges beget freshly spilled blood" or similar? Something about forgiveness (separate from forgetting)?Located in Genk, Belgium in Limburg, on the Eastern side of the Flemish Community.'The Future Depends on Forgotten Memories.'
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There may or may not have been an Alberta highway building/heavy construction family that did something similar. Except they went to various Pacific islands and maybe the Alaska highway and picked up dozers/graders/trucks that were abandoned at the end of the war then used them to build infrastructure in Alberta.
Speaking of war surplus turned to reefs, the Type 95 Ha Go wasn't a particularly effective tank, but makes for an interesting seafloor feature:
Credit to Jakob Sandberg, There's a FB group dedicated to diving/photography of Truk Lagoon. Lots of interesting pics there, if you have the time and inclination to scroll.
Credit to Jakob Sandberg, There's a FB group dedicated to diving/photography of Truk Lagoon. Lots of interesting pics there, if you have the time and inclination to scroll.
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Gonna take a lot of Kroil to make that work again.
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I was shocked by the story of the Saipan cave tank featured on an abandoned youtube channel 'Saipan Pictures.' The Jap tank was emplaced in a bunker system carved out of limestone karst. A salvo of big shells made a direct hit on the cave, making it into a blast furnace with all the gunners inside the tank wreck. The rock melted, the tank partially melted, and due to the heat and steam inside the rock, the entire roof came down on top of the tank. It is a war grave, a very alien and martian war grave.
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