jgawne Posted September 4, 2013 Share #1 Posted September 4, 2013 Early M3 found at Camp Beauregard http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20130903/NEWS01/309030014/Soldiers-discover-historic-tank-buried-Camp-Beauregard?gcheck=1&nclick_check=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted September 4, 2013 Share #2 Posted September 4, 2013 i cant get the link to work!.... ....mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cplnorton Posted September 4, 2013 Share #3 Posted September 4, 2013 Yeah I think you have to have a subscription to view the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsystem4 Posted September 4, 2013 Share #4 Posted September 4, 2013 I saw your post on FB this moring. Really cool little story. I hope they do restore it. -Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McCauley Posted October 8, 2013 Share #5 Posted October 8, 2013 http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/soldiers-discover-historic-m2a4-tank-buried-camp-beauregard.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Baker Posted October 8, 2013 Share #6 Posted October 8, 2013 Interesting. It's my understanding the tank shown below was found in the woods at McClellan when it was closed. It would be nice if they could restore these vehicles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted October 9, 2013 Share #7 Posted October 9, 2013 It is an early M3. The M2A4 had a raised rear idler wheel. Just in case anyone wanted to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronCatfish Posted November 24, 2013 Share #8 Posted November 24, 2013 Are those the same vehical? Or did they find two different ones? The rust and paint seem different. I guess a couple Stuarts were left out in the southern States. A similiar story happenned in MS a few years ago. They found a rare M2 AFTER they sold the land (and tank) back to the orginal owner http://preservedtanks.com/Locations.aspx?LocationCategoryId=74100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWalsh Posted December 8, 2013 Share #9 Posted December 8, 2013 The one at McClellen would not be surprising. I was there twice in the last five years or so, on the old post, and both times had a chance to talk to contractors who were in large tracts of woods - former impact areas - which they were clearing of old ordnance, the contractors were EOD types, the areas they were clearing were right along heavily traveled civilian used roads. As I chatted with one of the contractors he mentioned that some of the ordnance they were clearing dated back to the WW1 era. Who knows what lurks in the off-the-beaten-path forgotten pucker brush on some of those old posts around the country! I guess if one is brave enough to chance encounters with unexplored ordnance and the occasional copperhead and rattler, I bet there is some interesting stuff out there yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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