Check this out

SteveM · 12-03-2003, 07:17 PM

It will surely make you sick..

http://www.project-x.org.uk/armsdumpindex.html

SteveM

BogeyB · 12-03-2003, 09:41 PM

MAKES YOU SICK, DOESN'T IT??

John Sabato · 12-04-2003, 02:32 PM

The website is based in the UK, but do you have any idea where these guns are rusting in the sun?

Edward Tinker · 12-04-2003, 03:26 PM

Has to be a US dump site or US controlled? Most other countries would never get rid of weapons like that, while the US would?

Ed

John Sabato · 12-04-2003, 06:00 PM

Got a reply from the owner of the website where the photos were posted.

Turns out they photos were taken in Vietnam in the 1980's by someone who was there for the purpose of cleaning up that mess...

What a crying shame... It is surprising that the Vietnamese government didn't sell this abandoned hardware for the cash!

I could retire on just the money from the sale of the Thompson SMG's alone!

Roadkill · 12-04-2003, 08:58 PM

Vietnam was a gun collector's disneyland. I was a combat engineer so a lot of the captured useless ordnance was passed our way for the big boom solution. Saw WWII hardware from WWII from France, Germany, US, USSR, China, and N.Korea. We traded that stuff among us like eight year olds did marbles. Two AKs and a Deg MG with three full drums for a Mat 49? How about three M1 carbines and an 03 for a MG42? A M3A1 with four clips and 500 rounds for a 91 sniper? A Garand for a K98?When I was attached doing demo work with a rome plow land clearing company we wouldn't even report the bunkers found cause we'd have to work our a** off digging all the stuff out for counting just to blow it up later, found out it was easier just to blow it up in the bunker and run the dozers over what was left. Never saw any Lugers.

rk

12-03-2003, 07:17 PM	#1
SteveM User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 1,016 Thanks: 94 Thanked 275 Times in 137 Posts	Check this out It will surely make you sick.. http://www.project-x.org.uk/armsdumpindex.html SteveM

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12-04-2003, 02:32 PM	#3
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,154 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,306 Times in 1,097 Posts	The website is based in the UK, but do you have any idea where these guns are rusting in the sun? __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

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Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,935 Thanks: 2,034 Thanked 4,533 Times in 2,093 Posts	Has to be a US dump site or US controlled? Most other countries would never get rid of weapons like that, while the US would? Ed __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

12-04-2003, 06:00 PM	#5
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,154 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,306 Times in 1,097 Posts	Got a reply from the owner of the website where the photos were posted. Turns out they photos were taken in Vietnam in the 1980's by someone who was there for the purpose of cleaning up that mess... What a crying shame... It is surprising that the Vietnamese government didn't sell this abandoned hardware for the cash! I could retire on just the money from the sale of the Thompson SMG's alone! __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

12-04-2003, 08:58 PM	#6
Roadkill User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,632 Thanks: 1 Thanked 28 Times in 17 Posts	Vietnam was a gun collector's disneyland. I was a combat engineer so a lot of the captured useless ordnance was passed our way for the big boom solution. Saw WWII hardware from WWII from France, Germany, US, USSR, China, and N.Korea. We traded that stuff among us like eight year olds did marbles. Two AKs and a Deg MG with three full drums for a Mat 49? How about three M1 carbines and an 03 for a MG42? A M3A1 with four clips and 500 rounds for a 91 sniper? A Garand for a K98?When I was attached doing demo work with a rome plow land clearing company we wouldn't even report the bunkers found cause we'd have to work our a** off digging all the stuff out for counting just to blow it up later, found out it was easier just to blow it up in the bunker and run the dozers over what was left. Never saw any Lugers. rk