[Milsurplus] the postwar armored series

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 6 Jan 2017 at 10:23, Hubert Miller wrote:

> One subject i have long been interested in is when and how the
> abandoned war machines were collected up.

Same here. That has always intrigued me. Apparently, there is still a lot of "stuff" left lying 
around in Russia, etc., but what about Europe, Africa, etc.?

> For Japan, we do know this,
> as the demilitarization was well documented, but for the Pacific
> Islands and Europe and North Africa, i have not really seen any
> articles talking about this.

Me either, and I have wondered often.

> I wonder how long, for example, knocked
> out tanks were still lying around.

I have seen photos of a "tank junkyard" somewhere, but was never sure where it was.

I have a nephew who used to go to Eastern Europe regulary to pick up WWII military items. 
I remember he found an almost new German BMW WWII motorcycle with sidecar. I think he 
said it was being used by some Russian to pull a plow.

Anyway, that is a subject which I find very interesting.

Ken W7EKB

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