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US Army's last tanks depart from Germany
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| April 4, 2013
| John Vandiver
Posted on 04/04/2013 11:58:49 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
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To: GreyFriar
Arrived in Munich in ‘66 as part of the 5/32nd of the 24th. Spent Jan-Feb 67 in Graf, Hohenfeld & Tennellohe (sp on all of them) I was in the M60 A1 at that time.
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posted on
04/04/2013 1:46:54 PM PDT
by
Starstruck
(Question. What would the U.S. look like today if there was no 2nd Amendment.)
To: sickoflibs
On May 4th, the bodies of Hitler and Eva Braun were found in the Reich Chancellery garden. A SMERSH operative saw part of a grey blanket at the bottom of a shell crater. The crater was dug into and two bodies were found along with the bodies of a German Alsatian and a puppy.
Very early on May 5th, the bodies were taken to Buch in northeast Berlin, where SMERSH had its headquarters. Such was the secrecy surrounding this, that not even Zhukov was informed about the discovery. Dental records and thorough dental checks proved to Vadis that the body was that of Adolf Hitler.
On May 7th, Moscow was informed that Hitlers body had been found. From that time on, it was kept under the greatest of secrecy.
In 1970, the Kremlin decided to dispose of the body. They claim that it was buried beneath an army parade ground in Magdeburg. SMERSH had kept the jaws of Hitler, used in their dental checks. This was confirmed by Yelena Rzhevskaya who was the interpreter used by SMERSH when Hitlers dental staff were questioned at Buch. The NKVD had kept Hitlers cranium. Both of these have been found in Moscows archives in recent years. In the mid-1990s, the Russian authorities claim that they exhumed the body of Hitler from the parade ground in Magdeburg, burned it and then flushed the ashes into the towns sewage system.
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/death_of_adolf_hitler1.htm
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posted on
04/04/2013 1:52:28 PM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: Monterrosa-24
Good reply. In the future tanks will have active defenses against personnel and incoming AT weapons, be able to knock down artillery rounds impacting in their area, and will probably carry drones of their own that will provide targeting info as well as fight alongside the tank. Not many nations will be able to afford these kinds of things, but the tank will soldier on for quite some time.
To: real saxophonist
I’ve got my certificate hanging on my wall. It’s rather difficult hanging that on my lapel.
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posted on
04/04/2013 2:03:54 PM PDT
by
Ax
To: ansel12
Tanks won't rust in the desert...that why the Army just expanded Fort Bliss in El Paso.
And Korea is really South Korea's problem. Why are we still there?
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posted on
04/04/2013 2:48:05 PM PDT
by
Timber Rattler
(Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
To: Monterrosa-24
Tanks and Infantry are still a big part of an offense. Ask Saddam......
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posted on
04/04/2013 2:49:32 PM PDT
by
itsahoot
(It is not so much that history repeats, but that human nature does not change.)
To: Timber Rattler
Things do rust in the desert, but there is no reason to put heavy tanks on the border, what has happened there that calls for heavy tanks, what purpose would parking the tanks on the border serve, why do you want them there rather than where they are needed for defense or training?
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posted on
04/04/2013 2:58:06 PM PDT
by
ansel12
(The lefts most effective quote-I'm libertarian on social issues, but conservative on economics.)
I Trp, 3/2 ACR, '80-81 & 84-87
A Co. 1/10 SFG(A) '89-92 & '93-97.
The majority of my Army career was spent in Germany.
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posted on
04/04/2013 3:22:22 PM PDT
by
Sarajevo
(Don't think for a minute that this excuse for a President has America's best interest in mind.)
To: Joe 6-pack
I still remember graduating from Jump School in '88 Cherry jumper! ;)
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posted on
04/04/2013 3:24:42 PM PDT
by
Sarajevo
(Don't think for a minute that this excuse for a President has America's best interest in mind.)
To: ansel12
I don't know, old buddy, but the Army appears to agree with me:
Fort Bliss
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posted on
04/04/2013 3:30:03 PM PDT
by
Timber Rattler
(Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
To: Timber Rattler
Great! Now get everything else out of the Balkans, the Middle East, Central Asia, and Korea and bring 'em home to the Mexican border! No old buddy, the Army agrees with me.
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posted on
04/04/2013 3:38:12 PM PDT
by
ansel12
(The lefts most effective quote-I'm libertarian on social issues, but conservative on economics.)
To: Timber Rattler
Wow, I shoveled a $hitload of concrete in Graf to build the new M-1 tank range in 1984 in the long gone 78th Engineer Battalion (Combat). Germany was nice, Grafenwoehr not so much.
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posted on
04/04/2013 4:04:30 PM PDT
by
HenpeckedCon
(What pi$$es me off the most is that POS commie will get a State Funeral!)
To: Capt_Hank
I was still a month short of being conceived when you were there. My Dad was in Germany ‘51-’52 as an MP. He loved it there.
To: aegiscg47
Perhaps too much Hammer’s Slammers lately? ;)
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posted on
04/04/2013 4:40:24 PM PDT
by
redlegplanner
( No Representation without Taxation)
To: DemforBush
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posted on
04/04/2013 5:00:24 PM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
No missile defense, no tanks, defense cuts — people get ready.
Thanks Timber Rattler.
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posted on
04/04/2013 5:50:45 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: Mmogamer
and the Korean bases - ROK is more than capable of defending herself these days
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posted on
04/04/2013 9:13:16 PM PDT
by
Psiman
(PS I am not a crackpot)
To: VeniVidiVici
Pilatus P-6. Designed by the Swiss for landing on very short runways in the mountains. The US Army had two of them in Berlin flying out of Tempelhof. Interesting that the Army would fly an aircraft designed for short mountain takeoffs and landings in a flat city with wide open streets.
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posted on
04/05/2013 5:59:22 AM PDT
by
ops33
(Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
To: csmusaret
I was talking about “decades” ago...
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posted on
04/06/2013 10:10:36 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: Gaffer
And so was I. M48 tanks in Vietnam used the same rubber track blocks they did in FT Knox. I don’t know when the US stopped using steel track, but I guarantee you it was before they started using me in 1964. The large rubber tread on the track blocks provided better traction than flatter steel tread. It also weighed much less.
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posted on
04/06/2013 11:48:52 AM PDT
by
csmusaret
(America is more divided today , not because of the problems we face but because of Obama's solutions)
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