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Devildog · 10-06-2008, 05:19 PM

Excellent ! Thanks Chaps for the Movie source. I'll be getting a copy.

Slipdigit...I'm pretty amazed myself now that I know what I stumbled upon. I didn't know it at the time. My guess then was anything considering that during my travels around the world, I've seen the debris of WW 2 still laying around in some of the remote places. When I was in Morroco, there were British Crusaders hulls still laying around in the desert. One looked like it was still in the "Hull down" position. I don't know if that was it's original position or that the desert storms made it that way but there was a huge blast hole just off to the side of the main gun. We took a look inside but it was filled with sand. We were hoping we didn't find something grim inside and that the crew got out in time. It looked like the secondary explosion peeled the top off the turret like a Sardine can. If they were, it would have been a quick death.

I would have given my left testical to have seen the outer defenses of Tobruk which I heard reports that they're still remains of the defensive line today but Libya at the time I was there, wasn't a very friendly place to be.

While in Egypt, I did have the opportunity to visit Sidi Barrani and there are still pieces of German and British equiptment laying around several miles South of there. One of the things I remembered and took a picture of is what appeared to be a German 88. It looked like it was blown in place because the end of the barrel was peeled back like a flower. We didn't venture too far because we were warned by the locals that the sands shift revealing unexploded ordinance from time to time.
I encountered the "unexploded ordinace" warning in the Pacific too when I visited some of the battle sites there.

If I had remained a civilian, I don't think I would have never been able to visit some of those places so I feel fortunate.

10-06-2008, 05:19 PM	#20 (permalink)
Devildog Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Where ever my skills are needed. Posts: 10	Excellent ! Thanks Chaps for the Movie source. I'll be getting a copy. Slipdigit...I'm pretty amazed myself now that I know what I stumbled upon. I didn't know it at the time. My guess then was anything considering that during my travels around the world, I've seen the debris of WW 2 still laying around in some of the remote places. When I was in Morroco, there were British Crusaders hulls still laying around in the desert. One looked like it was still in the "Hull down" position. I don't know if that was it's original position or that the desert storms made it that way but there was a huge blast hole just off to the side of the main gun. We took a look inside but it was filled with sand. We were hoping we didn't find something grim inside and that the crew got out in time. It looked like the secondary explosion peeled the top off the turret like a Sardine can. If they were, it would have been a quick death. I would have given my left testical to have seen the outer defenses of Tobruk which I heard reports that they're still remains of the defensive line today but Libya at the time I was there, wasn't a very friendly place to be. While in Egypt, I did have the opportunity to visit Sidi Barrani and there are still pieces of German and British equiptment laying around several miles South of there. One of the things I remembered and took a picture of is what appeared to be a German 88. It looked like it was blown in place because the end of the barrel was peeled back like a flower. We didn't venture too far because we were warned by the locals that the sands shift revealing unexploded ordinance from time to time. I encountered the "unexploded ordinace" warning in the Pacific too when I visited some of the battle sites there. If I had remained a civilian, I don't think I would have never been able to visit some of those places so I feel fortunate.