From: Bill Chambers (bchambers@hoovers.com)
Date: Fri Jan 17 2003 - 10:39:17 PST
This has generated some questions:
1. is there anyone out there that has/restores Japanese WW2 vehicles
2. I have "heard" that some still sit on some of the islands, anyone ever
seen one?
2a. Is the wreckage in the pacific protected salvage? either in the water or
on the land?
3. From a mechanical view, I have heard that they were, how do I say this,
shabby in construction?
4. Compared to Allied and European Axis, the Nipponese Army were not big
vehicle users, seems true.
5. We each seem to have favorite vehicles from the US/Britain/Germany...so
anyone have a favorite Japanese MV?
MV humorous note:
When I was a kid, driving around with my uncle, he would point out military
vehicles to me.
One in particular were these silver captured Japanese midget subs. They were
all over the place in 1960s.
Seems that they brought back thousands of them to be used as oil tanks for
heating homes!
Man, if he was alive now, I would kick him in the shin, cause I filed that
back in my Kindergarten head, never even questioned it for years! <g>
Regards,
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Ball [mailto:vought@msn.com]
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 12:25 PM
To: mil-veh@mil-veh.org
Subject: Re: [MV] Ebay Items disappear
There are two type 95 tanks sitting in Sherwood forest at Camp Roberts Ca.
right next too the bleacher area before you go on the range they are a
little worse for wear but still could be made to look right looks like they
are full of 37mm holes and splatters.
Dave
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