Posted on 08/08/2018 9:24:38 AM PDT by Simon Green
Sucks all the weapons appear to be rusted out.
A few vats of Metal Rescue might help some.
Hmmmmmm, some would call them Gunsmith Specials, priced cheap.
Weapons were stashed in many places in preparation for the American invasion of Japan.
So THAT’S where I put them!
Nishitokyo …The literal translation is “Western Eastern Capital”. Funny construct, and it would not exist if the city were still called Edo.
As a collector (even though not of WWII Japanese items) it makes me sad.
“Japanese Army officials made it a point to impart military training to students as part of their regular curriculum at the time”...
Sounds like going to that school would have been a hoot to practice with machine guns. All we had was .22 bolt action rifle teams.
Looks like the small arms of a whole infantry battalion.
There would have been larger mortars too, I would expect.
Funny the ammo isnt there.
...makes me Sad
A little cosmolene,,,
Call me in the morning.
This is quite close to where I live. I’m going to need to get out more with the metal detector. I’ve been salivating for a find like this. I’m stepping up my game from now.
The coolest things I dug up so far we’re three .50 BMG shell casings on Takao mountain from a Des Moines armory, and stamped with ‘44 and ‘45. Worthless, but an awesome find. Still trying to figure out how they got there. Shot down plane, dumped from an injured plane...no idea still...
Makes a great pen holder for the desk.
WWII U.S. fighters generally dump ammo casings out of ejection ports in the wings when firing. In bombers, I think the casings just pile up in the fuselage.
Sounds like going to that school would have been a hoot to practice with machine guns. All we had was .22 bolt action rifle teams.
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You weren’t going to be invaded by 50-60 American army divisions.
If only they had been buried properly for use later on. Cosmolene in containers may have preserved them. Even so, 80 years buried is a stretch.I own a WWII M1911 that was stored wrapped in cosmolene and is in mint condition.
That said, it is sad that it is ruined...😥
These are clearly weapons that were hidden for use if the US invaded...and they’d have likely been used to kill a bunch of our men. Thanks, Harry, for that bold decision you made - while not many of those men are still alive 73 years on, their kids, grandkids and great-grandkids ARE.
True but I meant to say was going to a school with that...
I understand. Thanks.
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