Found ABANDONED TANKS dumped in the forest | URBEX 

The beasts are resting and reunited with nature

Fr I seen on RU-vid old German panthers(or just the chasis a rotted) in the Caucasus just taken by time, old Japanese and Sherman tanks on iwo jima,it's like wow it's still here most are gonne but they live on through these hulks

@@javiermartinezjr8849 I find it peaceful and eerie at the same time

@@dilllpikl exactly it looks so artistic I honestly have to remind myself o shiz that was WW2 20 million killed by Stalin alone, the concentration camps,the Japanese experimental camp in Manchuria ,the atom bombs,the Brits starving India to feed an island , millions of people fought died and lived thought hat time,that's were the eerieness sets in for me you said it perfectly eerie asf brotha

I agree…. Their just so incredibly expensive to restore, preserve and maintain. Most countries can’t even afford to scrap them…

want atank for farm

They should offer those tanks to there friendly allies, mostly to the poor countries for a very cheap price.

Put them in a war museum all over the world. Because War belongs in a museum (Overloon war museum slogan)

@@drianmortiz9375 Push that tank of ze road!!! ( singing the panzerlied)

@@drianmortiz9375 restoring those tank would cost more than building a new one

I was there a few years later and the training unit was the 12th Cavalry. We were still training M60 crews, but for the most part we were involved in training Abrams crews.

@@rcgunner7086 Oh no doubt, the M60A3TTS was a fabulous platform, BUT!!, the Abrams was the wave of the future. Have you ever seen the 1951 movie, THE TANKS ARE COMING, (1951)??. It's volume 2, of my tankers trilogy. If you have Q's just "axe me".

You are correct, I was assigned to the Armor School and then to the 194th Armored Bde. between 1979 thru 1984. There were 3 armored units assigned to the 194th, D Troop 10th Cav, 5/73d Armor and 5/33d Armor. I commanded a rifle company in its only infantry battalion, 4/54th Infantry

@Steve Hatcher Hey Steve, BRAVO ZULU Brother for your personal INTEL SITREP., thank you👍.. Those were good days back then. I'd made two previous TDY trips to Ft. Knox before my 19 series ANCOC class. And one afterwards. I'm damned sad the Armor School moved to Ft. Benning. But after a conversation with my post CSM, as a DAC, I can understand why.

@Steve Hatcher What was it like Steve.?? Being a sole "Leg type " Company Commander at Ft. Knox during that time?? I would presume your company was mechanized, right??

Amen SHI Save Historical items

why?

@garvinhooper you should ask the RU-vidr that has bought a chieftain tank and us having it shipped from the uk. Me I just love old military traked equipment.

Yes...I have seen so many of these on the impact areas of military post. They are turned into scrap by artillery. I have seen the A10s destroy them.

You’ve never had to re-track one knee deep in mud and rain……

@@jerryodom7358 Stop bragging, boomer.

excellent for Ukraine!

Yes, the M60 series tanks were not named Patton. But they were a further evolution of M46, M47 and M48 tanks...

You’re right but due too it’s resemblance and parts that it shares with the m48 pattons most people just gave it the unofficial name of Patton even the early m60 had basically a m48 turret wasn’t till the mid 60s that the A1 came along with the newer narrow turret the one you can see in the video and the M48A5 Patton was pretty close too the early production m60s just had different hull armor lay out the Patton had a roundish nose the m60 just added the more traditional angled plates

No t64 more better

Centurion even better

Thanks bro! You were the first there or?

I knew of a area near a base that was state land where they would hide vehicles mark for destruction on the live fire ranges near by. It was a game between the locals and the local military. If the local found it they would take things off it.

While what you say may be true, I see zero evidence that any of those vehicles have been used as practice yet. More than likely they may drag one of them out every once in a while to a target area

Good points by both William and NS, but they are still parked in an IMPACT AREA. An IMPACT AREA is designed to mark out a large reasonable buffer zone of safety in case an artillery shell, rocket, missile or bomb MISSES the target. If it lands in some sort of range target staging area within the IMPACT AREA it is still okay and potentially “safe” as far as the range safety and base control people are concerned, because nothing critical has been accidentally hit, they know who is scheduled to be in the area and they call cease fire before anyone goes into the area. They usually define an IMPACT AREA based upon max range and Circle Error Probable (CEP) for the ordnance being expended. Again, if the ordnance is being fired from a moving helicopter or aircraft, it is really easy to accidentally hit targets at the edge of an IMPACT AREA or even beyond it. Mistakes happen in training. That is why they train. I actually had another friend who was lawfully in an area adjacent to a firing range, fully registered with the base when he dodged a practice bomb when a trainee dropped it from an F/A-18 on the wrong range area. It was still not funny to see a large, blue, heavy metal object come flying out of the sky at him and land extremely close to where he was standing. All terrain looks more or less the same from a fast moving aircraft. Dropping a few seconds too soon or too early can have very disastrous consequences, and at 600 knots, a 1-second difference causes the target to be missed by over 1000 feet. All of that assumes zero wind drift, no ballistic computer data entry issues and no mechanical or guidance system malfunctions. GPS helps to a strong degree, but not all ordnance is GPS enabled and not all aircraft can use it with every weapon or piece of ordnance. An unguided .50 BMG or 20mm round, or even a fragment from something can kill you just as surely as a 2000 pound bomb. If a 200 pound, non-explosive practice bomb clobbers you at several hundred miles per hour, you will be equally dead. Even if it misses you, a flying piece of pebble or rock or a tree splinter kicked up by the impact can also kill you. This is why it is always smart to ask for permission. Somebody needs to know when you are in an area and when you are safely out of it. It is typical for a range safety officer to warn and brief pilots, etc on activity schedules in and around the range, so those practicing on the range are not surprised. Covert souvenir hunting in an impact zone is not smart. It is a potential winning entry into The Darwin Awards for something you could probably buy on line from a surplus store, Amazon or from EBAY.

Fort Hunter Ligget, adjacent to the Los Padres National Forest is the same way... You really NEED to know Where you are; & obey all rules in regards to your use permit. We used to hunt a lot of wild boar on Ft. Hunter Ligget military reservation; & we have encountered un detonated ordinance there...ALWAYS report un detonated ordinance that you might see to the proper military authority's; DON'T EVEN approach it & leave the area immediately. I can't over emphasize how hazardous this stuff is.😱😧

It’s definitely a live fire range if it has impact signs but maybe it’s no longer being used or maybe they keep the vehicles there before moving them to the actual area where the live fire is taking place. Only saying that because I don’t see any evidence whatsoever that this exact spot has been used before for live fire. Doesn’t mean it couldn’t be used but there is zero damage around the area along with those trees still standing. I’m leaning more towards a staging area where they keep old equipment for live fire exercise since I’ve never seen them waste that many tanks or apc’s in a single exercise. It usually one and they keep using it until there isn’t much left. So for them to setup a dozen tanks and apc’s for one training exercise isn’t likely. Most fighters when they have to qualify on a range use dummy bombs and shipping containers. Either way I’d be careful stepping out there.

Thanks again and happy new year :) Soon I upload some nice places which are shot in Japan!

You must not like it too much, or atleast don't know it well. The M60 was never officially christened as a Patton. The term Patton refers to a family of tanks, being the M46, M47, and M48 series that were officially named Patton. The M60 was never referred to as a Patton, only by people who don't know. It is just called M60.

Didn't have any M60 tanks at Ft Bragg. It was not a armour or mechanized post, Home of the 82nd Airborne division.

I know because I was stationed at Ft Bragg with the 82nd Airborne for many years, never, ever saw an M60 tanks or APC.

82nd only had Sheridans - air droppable. Only one unit, then they were deactivated and just started back up lately. I'm thinking this is Fort Knox. The Army moved tank training down to Fort Benning a while ago, and why bring the hanger queens with you?

Commanded an M60A1AOS in Germany 74-77.

time is an illusion of sand.

Abandoned to face the fate of the elements.

I drove our blade tank until we got the A1's in 87.

@@tanker335 B65 5/32 Armor FT Stewart Ga. I know the way of the Blade as well.

I oversaw production on the 30mm an 25mm LAP operations at JAAP. the last 6 years I managed the production of 569k AT-4's and about a year on SMAW HEDP rounds which were a major headache due to malfunctions of the fuse. Used to go to McCoy to do night LAT testing of 25MM HEI ammunition

That Striker is a nice vehicle

Right on about sleeping on the radiator, the only time I slept inside was if it rained. A3s were great, could pretty much keep up with M1s on the road and (barely) out run a base-model Bradley in a drag race ("allegedly" lol). The sliding spall liners were great for keeping the crew compartment nice and tidy, too. Hated when we switched to Brads.

Thanks John 🙏😁

Is this jersey?

Charlie Co. 3rd Batt. 35th Armor Reg. 85-92

So you were at Lee Barracks? WAS stationed at Finthen Army Airfield about 3-4 miles west of you 1976-1979. D co 8th aviation.

@@basilmiller931 yes i was at lee barracks. Been to finthem many times. Mini tank range and shooting are weapons, gas chamber. Good times!

I was in A Trp1/11acr in Fulda and we still had these A3's when I first got there about a year later we transitioned to the M1 not that it would have made much difference lol our border sector was 168 kilometers long and had 48 tanks in our squadron , our closest Armor support would have been the Iron brigade in Gelnhausen if they would have reached us in time , our mission was a retrograde op because sitting across from us about 30 miles away were 3 soviet Tank divisions that would have overrun the gap in a matter of hours , it would have gotten pretty ugly very quick

I was stationed at Macaulay barracks in wackenheim 84 through 87 ​@@basilmiller931

I was stationed at Macaulay barracks in wackenheim 84 through 87 used to have to take my wife and son to the doctor at Lee barracks Good Times I sure drank a lot of beer there

Thanks for your support Rolf! Appreciated😇