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yokes
     
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Toronto
Gender: Male
I aim to misbehave
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<Reply # 20 on 3/4/2010 9:10 PM >
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bonnie&clyde
 
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510 & 415
Cleverly disguised as responsible adults
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<Reply # 21 on 3/4/2010 11:55 PM >
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Were those M60 tanks Army or Marine Corps? Any markings?
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The question is not when are we gonna stop, It's who's gonna stop us?
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edsel
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Under your skin
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<Reply # 22 on 3/5/2010 3:08 AM >
| | | | The good ole Eagle, Globe and Anchor!
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RailGuy88
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Where you're not...
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 23 on 3/5/2010 1:37 PM >
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The good ole Eagle, Globe and Anchor!
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Ooh-RAH!!
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WEKurtz
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Western MA
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 24 on 3/6/2010 1:47 AM >
| | | | "If the Army and the Navy
ever look on Heaven's scenes;
They will find the streets are guarded
by United States Marines:.
..................................Semper Fi...........Kurtz1.
[last edit 3/6/2010 1:55 AM by WEKurtz - edited 2 times]
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DevilC
location:
Washington, District of Corruption
Gender: Male
I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their views.
| | | Re: M1SS1ON 1MPOSS1BLE
<Reply # 25 on 3/6/2010 2:16 AM >
| | | | I have trained there.
Is it no longer in use?
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bonnie&clyde
location:
510 & 415
Cleverly disguised as responsible adults
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<Reply # 26 on 3/7/2010 6:06 PM >
| | | | Posted by DevilC
I have trained there.
Is it no longer in use?
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It closed in Aprox. 1994. Small sections may have been used a bit longer. Very slowly being cleaned up. Probably gonna be a wildlife area & park.
The question is not when are we gonna stop, It's who's gonna stop us?
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JeePerz
location:
Earth!
Take care, stay safe and Godspeed!
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<Reply # 27 on 3/9/2010 3:41 AM >
| | | | Impossible! ; )
What a wreck ...
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TheJulian
location:
Just south of that one place.
Gender: Male
Save Therrin!
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<Reply # 28 on 3/13/2010 12:43 PM >
| | | | Amazing shots! I have been itching to do some up close and personal investigation of this place! I am truly, truly jealous..
If you're ever looking for a tag-along, let me know. If my schedule permits, I would totally like to head out with you all!
-Tj
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Roving_El Camino
Surfin NORCAL
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<Reply # 29 on 5/24/2010 4:51 AM >
| | | | This would be in the Monterey Area? Ft. Ord MOUT City? Am I correct in assuming that? I know there is a MOUT City out in that area from my time at the DLI, and my own explorations out into the Ft. Ord wildlands.
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DrRJones
location:
Hayward Ca
Gender: Male
I am become death
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<Reply # 30 on 5/26/2010 2:38 AM >
| | | | Calvin found the training bomb awesome.
[last edit 5/26/2010 2:39 AM by DrRJones - edited 1 times]
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YoelT
location:
Viet Nam
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 31 on 5/26/2010 3:41 PM >
| | | | That is really freakin cool. I loled at you moving the picture of the guy around and starring him in various pictures.
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heroicbeer
location:
Oxnard, CA
Gender: Female
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<Reply # 32 on 6/7/2010 12:03 AM >
| | | | Amaaaazing place. And I'm loving Mr. Wrench. So menacing.
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SnuggleBear
location:
South Bay Area, CA [831]
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 33 on 6/10/2010 12:36 AM >
| | | | Hey, these pics are awesome, my gf and I just went to the Impossible City last week, figured I'd put up our pics.
By the way, did you leave that target of the guy holding the wrench in the big building? The one with the tagging on the front that said ARE WE HUMAN? Or was that someone else? I think it's funny that that guy has been photographed by so many explorers but never taken from the site.
Let me know if anyone has any questions about this one!
Have a good day all and stay safe.
<3
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408/831
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silverstate55
location:
Sin City, NV
Gender: Male
| | Re: M1SS1ON 1MPOSS1BLE
<Reply # 34 on 11/4/2010 3:15 AM >
| | | | Posted by RomanKam
Were those M60 tanks Army or Marine Corps? Any markings?
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Those look to be M103 heavy tanks; they had a hull similar to the M48, but it was longer and featured one extra road wheel group per side (7 per side vs. the 6 per side of the M48 & M60).
If those are indeed former USMC M103 tanks, then that makes them M103A2s. The first M103s had gasoline engines, and were notoriously thirsty. So, the Continental AVDS-series diesel was fitted, requiring a complete reworking of the rear deck & hull (to make it look just like the M48 & M60 series with diesel engines). The USMC acquired them as the M103A2, with a few more upgrades including deep-water fording abilities. They served throughout the 1960s in Army & Marine front-line units, but did NOT see action in Vietnam. They left active service around 1972 or 1973-ish, and went into long-term storage until the 1980s (at least the USMC ones from the west coast did, and were stored at Yermo Supply Depot until the early 1980s, when they were officially decommissioned & sent off to be targets on various ranges).
The M103 was developed in response to the Josef Stalin type of Soviet heavy tanks, and featured a tank built around a 120mm main gun. The British also responded with the Conqueror at around the same time, also sporting a 120mm main gun.
Surviving M103s are quite rare; it would be a shame to see those scrapped or worse. Hmmm, I wonder how hard it would be to get a lowboy capable of carrying 70tons backed in there to retrieve one or two for my private collection... LOL!!
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silverstate55
location:
Sin City, NV
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 35 on 11/4/2010 3:23 AM >
| | | | Nice to see so many Devil Dogs on here!
Tanks are one of my hobbies....plus I served in the USMC tank battalions in the mid-1980s through Desert Storm. I spent 3 years at Camp Pendleton and had fun exploring that base with my 4x4.
At the time, as long as we stayed off the active ranges and could stay "out of sight, out of mind," so to speak, we could four-wheel all over the base. My buddies & I would spend many weekends exploring the remote corners of Camp Pendleton, but sadly, I can't seem to find my photos from that time period...we did find old buildings and ranches that pre-dated the founding of the base.
I also found an old stretch of concrete highway that was just to the east of I-5, near San Onofre nuclear power plant, that we would use with our tanks when traveling to one of our firing ranges...it had date stamps of 1929 and a few repaired sections from the 1930s, making it one of the oldest sections of hard road surface in the state. DANG if I can't find the photo I took with my old disc camera, showing that 1929 date stamp in the concrete roadway!!! Grrrr!!
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Calvin Kaneda
location:
West Coast Ninja/East Coast Pirate.
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 36 on 11/4/2010 6:26 AM >
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What's up with the last picture?
"By the prick of my thumb something wicked this way comes..."
"Under the cover of night, I travel across rooftops while you dream of adventure."
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aklover
location:
Livermore, Ca
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 37 on 11/4/2010 10:14 AM >
| | | | I can confirm that the MOUT site is still being used, me and some buddies spent the night there a while back, and after a half day of exploring the second day we had to leg it because a couple platoons showed up for an exercise.
Had to duck from some trucks and when we got back to the town there was a big 'ol formation in front of the building we were set up in, had to sneak in the back to grab our shit and make a drop off the fire escape to get by without being noticed.
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bonnie&clyde
location:
510 & 415
Cleverly disguised as responsible adults
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<Reply # 38 on 11/4/2010 4:44 PM >
| | | | Posted by aklover
I can confirm that the MOUT site is still being used, me and some buddies spent the night there a while back, and after a half day of exploring the second day we had to leg it because a couple platoons showed up for an exercise.
Had to duck from some trucks and when we got back to the town there was a big 'ol formation in front of the building we were set up in, had to sneak in the back to grab our shit and make a drop off the fire escape to get by without being noticed.
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R u one of SaberPilots buddies I drove back n picked up?
Clyde
The question is not when are we gonna stop, It's who's gonna stop us?
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aklover
location:
Livermore, Ca
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 39 on 11/4/2010 5:06 PM >
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R u one of SaberPilots buddies I drove back n picked up?
Clyde
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Yup, sorry we didn't stick around that time. I was game to keep going but they were all being pansies.
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