Tidgy

YouTube - Tank Graveyard. Song is Exile by Enya





looks like some saved the crews in them, one or two look like they were the last resting place

Jamie

I did not see a uk tank

Tidgy

no looks liek a holding area for american tanks and destroyed trucks

Prasius

iTrader: (1)

There arn't any British Forces in Al-Anbar province; thats MNF-W (if I remember right!)

Thats not even a great deal of equipment, nor is it in anyway unique, as that video almost suggests - almost every FOB and major base has a section set aside with plenty of destroyed equipment in.

Jamie

Might not be now but they were in al-anbar province

Prasius

iTrader: (1)

That was a little while ago - and we brought all of the holed Warriors.. oh.. and the Lynx.. back with us

Jamie

Good man but why did the yanks leave that lot ??

rob878

because we will try if possible to rebuild ours (cost a fortune to do and will end up like triggers brush 2 new handles and 3 new heads ), they just open the cupboard door and pick a new one off the shelf.

Should have seen the amount of Humvees left at Al's garage when we left, they just dug a big hole, shoved them in and buried them.

Prasius

iTrader: (1)

Jamie - I doubt if they're "left"; seeing as there's M1A1's in there.. and I think their armour is still classified.

They just tend to dump them in the corner of the FOB where they can have parts salvaged off them if needed.

Jamie

Ok cheers for that prasius

Luminous

iTrader: (3)

Thats what I was thinking War is a sad thing, especially when quite a few of the people over there are just trying to help. What a mess we made.

Wurzel

iTrader: (1)

There was one of those graveyards in the Kuwait desert near the Iraq border after GW1, was a lot of blown up vehicles of all sorts in it. Can't remember if I took any pics of it or not.

Wonder if one of those hummers belonged to the ex driver of some friends of mine who had her head blown off by a missile.

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

Made me feel sick watching it..........why didn't the idiot use a camera with anti-shake?

Alcazar

Jamie

Could be a phone camera ?

rob878

Aye because that was his main worry, ensuring that alcazar wouldn't feel sick due to camera wobble.

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

OK, here's a link to another graveyard. No deaths here, just stupidity.

Some of the machines pictured here had working lives of less than 7 years!

Google Image Result for http://www.penmorfa.com/Barry/overallc.jpg

Alcazar

CrisPDuk

A shining example of why politicians should stay the **** out of business

In reality, politicans should stay the f*ck out, full stop

Tidgy

the irony of the trains is there now reopening alot that were shut

Leslie

We used to do low level trips out of Tripoli over the desert and the moving sands often uncovered WW2 vehicles of one kind or another. I once saw a bare skeleton lying on top of the sand which was a bit disturbing to say the least!

Les

Jamie

As in person leslie ?

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

Yep. Unfortunately, no-one thought to tell that prat Beeching, nor the government of the time, that if you cut the branches off a tree, it dies .

He closed the branches of BR, and it's been slowly dying ever since.

At least Dai Woodham at Barry saved a lot of locos. Around 70% went to preservationists.

Alcazar

Tidgy

and at this rate they may come back into mainstream service lol