Camping on a Cold War Missile Site in Germany

[@GruntProof]

Thanks for all the support, Grunts!

[@skydivingcomrade1648]

The site looks like an Ohio mound

[@MiroslavBarzashki]

Could you compare west german and east german silos one day? Also - imagine being able to do a SERE challenge in an area like this. The pre-capture mission will be interesting. Would like to see you do the overnighter.

[@GruntProof]

I'd love to do a challenge overseas but it will have to be on either private land or a military base

[@Ragnar-yq6kf]

Hi Mr. Grunt and welcome to my Home Area. The Place in Wackernheim was part of the Air Defence for the Mainz and Wiesbaden Area ( Nike ist a SAM, not a Nuke). Back in the days, parts of the 1st Armored Division stayed at Mainz-Gonsenheim and in Mainz-Mombach we're the Workshops for the Tanks. If you are interested in more historical Things in this Area, Just contact me . Greets.

[@wes11bravo]

Nike site near me were SAMs, yes, but they had low (ish) yield nuke warheads on them to take out whole Soviet Bomber formations.

[@Ragnar-yq6kf]

I knew that the Nike or a later versin got the Option for an nuklear warhead so bläst Russian Bomber Formations, but I never heard that those warheads was storaged at Finthen Airfield or in Wackernheim. If you have informations about that, it will be very intersting for me as an Hobby historican. Thanks a lot.

[@recondo886]

Nike Herc had nuclear capability

[@artiknanook9189]

Was on Nike site mid'80's, Blankenheim. Nuclear head on it. The missile was under control of us, Belgian, nuclear head under supervision of U.S.

[@tedgramlich691]

Nike missiles were anti-aircraft. My father was a Commander of Nike sights outside Loring Air base in Northern Maine the late 50's. The ammo bunkers looked just like the ones I had to tour when I was on guard duty in Germany in the 60's.

[@benfoot4212]

I miss hiking in the forests of Deutschland. Great vid, thanks

[@1RiderPale]

That was my backyard! Stationed at McCully Barracks from 85-88 with 1/59 ADA, 8th Infantry Division. The airfield next door at Finthen Army Airfield had the usual army aircraft such as Blackhawks, Cobras and Kiowas. Our Stinger platoon would go there once a quarter to practice engaging aircraft (simulated) at the MTS (Moving Target Simulator. We also used the MOUT (Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain) a couple of times. Thanks for sharing and the memories!

[@DJTheMetalheadMercenary]

Very cool!!! Fascinating places and history, I also love the haunted stuff/ atlas obscura type things haha awesome. 🤘🍻

[@larrygibson9273]

I was stationed on top of a mountain with an MI unit near the Fulda Gap for 2 and a half years. Detachment Schneeberg. One of two MPs between '86- and 89. Rotated home 6 months before the Berlin Wall fell. Cold as crap in the winter. When Germans call a mountain Snow Mountain, you it's bad....

[@richardschafer7858]

In the late 80's early 90's, I was in the reconnaissance platoon in Vicenza. I remember we spent the night in an abandoned Nike missile silo. I can't recall what country we were in, but I remember it being in the mountains. It was freezing cold. It was so cold and dry many of us woke up with bloody noses. There were still personal items left from the missile crews, books etc. It was quite interesting.

[@RedDevil5081]

I did cold weather training in Folgoria near Passo Coe and was a former Nike missile site we stayed at. The "barracks" was a former storage/hanger/warehouse. Cold weather training was later moved to Pontebba 92. When I came back in 95 it was done in Bosnia at Tuzla. 😂 Be safe brother! Ciao..🥃🍻🪂🫡🇺🇸

[@RedDevil5081]

@richardschafer7858, Where you there when Lars Chew was KIA?

[@richardschafer7858]

@RedDevil5081 I had left the year prior.

[@RedDevil5081]

@@richardschafer7858 Roger....

[@richardgummere84]

Cool video. My first enlistment was in West Germany from 1985-1988 as a Pershing missile crewman (nuclear) with B 3/84FA and B 4/9FA at Badenerhof Kaserne in Heilbronn. Our site was just outside of town at Waldheide/Camp Waldheide/Camp Redleg.

[@RavenOregon]

Baumholder had some good places to explore as well. The Rock was a lot more rural than Wiesbaden area.

[@c8086o]

A couple towns over from where I grew up there were multiple Nike sites. The closer one had the missiles on the hill and the radar site a half mile or so away down the hill. You can see them under construction in 1955 on the aerial photo sites. Apparently they had nukes there.

[@markottinger]

Grunt proof lost tapes 🇺🇸 🤙

[@user-ve5ei2xe8h]

10:14 oh no. He found our secret poop pit.

[@unconqueredwithjoshuaraide1423]

Cool I just went to an abandoned Nike missile base a few weeks ago was awesome !

[@KevinOLeathlobair-u6t]

Did you see any actual Germans? I hear they are scarce and few and far between in recent times..

[@jamesfloyd6803]

Very interesting!

[@bski1611]

My dad was a radio operator in Germany in 62. The building he worked in was an old Nazi one. Still had remnants of the wermacht in it.

[@recondo886]

Nike Hercules I was stationed at B Battery 3/71st ADA 1983 to the closing of the Battery in 1985.

[@artiknanook9189]

Where ? At this time I was at Blankenheim, Air Commando, working with U.S.Artillery.

[@recondo886]

@@artiknanook9189 Grosssachsenheim

[@resolute123]

Cool. Make sure you record all the pretty green glow at night.

[@thomaswhite518]

Didn't your blogs started out here?

[@hiramhaji7813]

Outstanding video

[@grumpybuzzard7131]

do the overnighter!!

[@grumpybuzzard7131]

btw- way cool

[@artiknanook9189]

Nike missile were deployed from garage, on ramp not in silo

[@Phantom-F4]

I was always curious if the word führer is used much in Germany today? Do they avoid using it, substitute another word, not ever use it? 🤔

[@thomaswhite518]

Sleep in it!!!!!

[@mindstar111]

Willkommen zurück mal wieder in Deutschland. Welcome back to Germany. Pls tell your government to retreat all military forces from german property. :) Honestly, a lot of germans don't want to see the american oppression any more. We are free people and we want to be treated equally!!! Besides that, you are a formidable man and teacher. C ya.

[@stefankracker147]

So, meinst Du das... Ich weiß, dass man das hier in Deutschland sehr differenziert diskutiert. Allerdings finde ich es jedes Mal interessant mit unseren Verbündeten zu üben - bin Reservist. Jahrzehntelang waren die amerikanischen Truppen unsere Garantie nicht vom Kommunismus gefressen zu werden. Und auch wenn diese Gefahr jetzt weg ist, so sehe ich sie noch als Freunde. Grafenwöhr, Vilseck, Ramstein...tolle Locations mit tollen Leuten.

[@mindstar111]

​@stefankracker147 Die Menschen sind natürlich toll. Ich verstehe deine Erfahrungen und Einstellung. Ich jedoch rede von den Regierungen. Und da sitzt das Böse. Recherchiere doch mal, wie das bei der Freidenskonferenz von Istanbul war oder was Fr. Nuland zu Europa gesagt hat. Viele Grüße.

[@stefankracker147]

@@mindstar111 Ok, aus dieser Sicht sind wir wieder zusammen, da stimme ich Dir voll und ganz zu! 🙂

[@neil_castell]

am sure if you looked hard enough, a resourceful guy such as yourself, would manage to find an open bunker to explore,

[@old-man463]

who's nuke's were they

[@GruntProof]

American

[@Phantom-F4]

🇺🇲

[@paulkirby6822]

👍

[@Z7d3nR4]

What happened to the spelunking?

[@CraigBenton]

👍👍👍

[@Phantom-F4]

Would be cool to go back there with a metal detector. Find some old decent steel and make a knife out of it. You could go forged in fire or use modern shop tools. Would just be cool to make a knife out of some old steel, especially if you have not done it before. 🗡

[@chancethompson4677]

👍

[@wojtekkuzniak6173]

That thumbnail looks like something wrong happened to you. "Goodbye" kind of video. Please, do not scare us like that

[@robg8433]

Should be free access, no fee, for American military for all historic sites in Germany... just sayin. Was there from '87-97

[@walkingmike9489]

Hello, I think your videos are great. Are you stationed in Germany? LG Mike

[@MR-ix4bn]

hi, bist du wieder in Deutschland zu besuch? nette Grüße