1984 Bindlach Germany ....

[lipripper]

Just got this old photo of me.This was when East and West Germany was 2 separate countries. Doing a layout before going up to the Border camp Gates for a 30 day rotation of patrols n security opns

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[Bouncer]

9mm ammo? :D

[lipripper]

9mm ammo? :D

105MM sabot tank round:thumup: big boom:D

[Bouncer]

your cold war experience saw about as much battle action as me sitting here having my morning coffee. :D

jokes aside, were you in Germany when the wall came down and the Soviet Union collapsed? did you guys know it was coming or was it a complete surprise?

[ChiHuaHua]

What the model of these tanks behind you?

[Bouncer]

sherman tanks. :D rip is old as fuck.

[lipripper]

What the model of these tanks behind you?

Those are M60 A1

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[ChiHuaHua]

Those are M60 A1

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Huh, I am not expert, but is this a Patton modification?

[lipripper]

Huh, I am not expert, but is this a Patton modification?

No...those were the main battle tank prior to the M1 Abrams rollout a few years later. Vietnam era tank

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[ChiHuaHua]

sherman tanks. :D rip is old as fuck.

:D:D:D sure not Sherman, which have long frontal armor sheet

[Bouncer]

they still use shermans in some 3rd world dumps. lol

[ChiHuaHua]

they still use shermans in some 3rd world dumps. lol

I thought they sell it to local conflicts in 3rd countries :D

[boricuarage79]

On our way to Baghdad...

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[boricuarage79]

19 years in Germany and I never heard of that dump you were in Rip



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[lipripper]

It was an old luftwaffen air Base in WWII. Go check out Bayreuth great little city lots of history

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