I was playing Call of Duty 2, and I attacked a convoy of Germans, and the tank fell into the river, and I'm wondering if there would actually be tanks,trucks,halftracks, etc..left in rivers or lakes?
2007-05-12 06:12:47 · 9 answers · asked by xX1miller2Xx 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
All over Europe. They pulled a B-25 Bomber out of a lake in SC not long ago
2007-05-12 08:10:04 · answer #1 · answered by 1st Buzie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is entirely possible. Recently, in South Carolina, they recovered a B-25 Mitchell bomber that crashed on a training flight. It probably depends on the condition when it went in. Some of it has probably settled below the silt, and when you are talking about vehicles and equipment that weighed in excess of 20 tons, that would make recovery nearly impossible.
The nice thing about things sinking into freshwater is that the water is not nearly as hard on it as salt water is. There will be rust and corrosion, to be sure, but not nearly as bad as the ocean.
2007-05-13 15:05:49 · answer #2 · answered by The_moondog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At my barracks in Neu-Ulm, Germany there was a tank buried in 1945. They hit it excavating for a new sewer. It was struck and tons of other stuff from WW2 were found including helmets, weapons and ammunition of all types. EOD came in to remove a box of unexploded grenades. The majoiryt of the stuff except a fork (which I still have) was rusted to hell.
We never determined what type of German tank it was.
2007-05-12 14:19:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was equipment left all over the world, not even damaged. One example is a P-61 that was left in China. The Chinese have it on display. We have tried to get them to give it back, as this is a very rare aircraft, and they won't.
2007-05-12 20:08:45 · answer #4 · answered by Tin Can Sailor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many vehicles laying off the coast of Normandy, Gold, and Utah beaches. There are also many craft both Japanese and American off the islands in the pacific. There is one German U-Boat that is off the American cost. Then of course there are the wheels of the cowards from france that fought with the nazi's during WW2 lost while they ran away.
2007-05-12 13:25:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, and they have found tanks that never made it ashore on D-day off the coast of Normandy.
2007-05-12 13:22:02 · answer #6 · answered by Gardner? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps, but times were hard after the war and there was money to be made in salvaging metal. Whatever could be recovered was.
2007-05-12 13:17:21 · answer #7 · answered by gunplumber_462 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some would.... it would depend on the economics of removing them and if they were a hazard to navigation or not
2007-05-12 14:06:32 · answer #8 · answered by lordkelvin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They found one in a lake last year and are re-furbishing it now
2007-05-12 13:15:59 · answer #9 · answered by ฉันรักเบ้า 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋