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In this episode I'm exploring abandoned places in the United States with Edwin and we explore abandoned M60 Patton tanks and M113 APCs which are located in the forest.
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[@holyhellfireonblitz5208]

It always breaks my heart seeing all these amazing works of machinery just wasting away

[@dilllpikl]

The beasts are resting and reunited with nature

[@javiermartinezjr8849]

Fr I seen on KZbin 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

[@dilllpikl]

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

[@javiermartinezjr8849]

@@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

[@frankcessna7345]

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

[@sidviciousness7469]

This video is rock solid gold. As a vet (USMC) I want those unaware or etc.. to see, hear and understand that battles are real. People die and expensive gear becomes unusable hunks of junk! Country's bleed both blood and dollars...

[@richcandella9154]

want atank for farm

[@drianmortiz9375]

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

[@rolfagten857]

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

[@rolfagten857]

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

[@ericlebrun2416]

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

[@covertops19Z]

Time Stamp 4:53. Indicates this tank was assigned to 2nd Sqdrn 6th Cavalry, an Armor Center Support unit at Ft. Knox, KY circa 1984. (As I remember it was not assigned to the 194th Armored Brigade). I was class leader for a 19E/19K Armor Advanced Noncommissioned Officer Course (ANCOC) in the fall of 1984 and 2/6 Cav was one of the units providing tanks for us to use during our three day field problem.

[@rcgunner7086]

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.

[@covertops19Z]

@@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".

[@stevehatcher1858]

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

[@covertops19Z]

@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.

[@covertops19Z]

@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??

[@wes11bravo]

Ahh, memories. I was an M113A3 driver back in my mech infantry days. And I still have the ammo/targeting switch box I pulled out of an M60A3 before they dragged it downrange. That tank's main gun was oiled and ready to go and the log book was still inside. Like these, the engine was removed.

[@kahoki]

Interesting to see how much hardware is sitting around on old military bases around the world - nice to see such long-lived armored vehicles before they were relegated to the target range.

[@larrywilson1783]

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.

[@neiljohnson6815]

I was a (US) tank platoon leader and company commander in 1968-70. Those were the years. The M-60 series were the best tanks in the world from 1960 to the late 1970s..

[@prosto_chilloviy677]

No t64 more better

[@simonmonk7266]

Centurion even better

[@william6214]

Sad thing is there are people who would love to get a Paton tank and restore it to working condition.

[@grimdesaye6534]

Amen SHI Save Historical items

[@garvinhooper]

why?

[@william6214]

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

[@kaboomwinn4026]

@garvinhooper why? Because they can be repaired and shipped to Ukraine for their final resting place, bringing as many enemies as possible, rather than rotting in the forest.

[@robbiewright4414]

Happy new year Bob and thank you for all of last year's stunning explores mate

[@76Schoeneberg30]

I dont want to be a smartass but the M60 never was named Patton, only the M46, M47 and M48 were named that way.

[@supremeflagship8965]

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

[@Panzerfaust-cj8qt]

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

[@timothyhouse1622]

It isn't the M1 Abrahams. It is the M1 ABRAMS, named after General Creighton Abrams.

[@liammackenzie9283]

The M60 is just... a tanker's tank. It looks so rugged and dependable, even rusting in the forest.

[@jerryodom7358]

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

[@vavra222]

@@jerryodom7358 Stop bragging, boomer.

[@Schlipperschlopper]

excellent for Ukraine!

[@defaultdriftco00]

Awesome seeing the interior of several of them! Happy new year and safe travels to you, as well! Loved the ’tanks for watching’ at the end!!

[@ProjecthuntanFish]

M60A3s were not used in Desert Storm but the USMC did use M60A1s in Desert Storm. I was a loader in one.

[@JeffreyRust-oq7rw]

Which Is it they didn't use them or they did use them you sound like a Democrat 😅

[@crazytrain03]

A a US Army Abrams Tanker...I want to say hats off to your sir, for properly ID'ing that tank. There's not much difference between the A2 and A3, outside of the heavier barrel shroud and expanded ammo rack. And great job on the rest of the vehicles. Not many people...even in our military, can properly ID armor.

[@humdingerdog6523]

When I Arrived in FT Hood in 1981 and all Units had these by. The time I left 1986 just about all had been Replaced with the M1 tanks and some were being sold to other countries

[@garyfritzges6710]

I commanded a m60 a one in Friedberg Germany in 1974, video brought back many memories, thanks

[@raybrindos4514]

Commanded an M60A1AOS in Germany 74-77.

[@dmasamitsu7720]

An IMPACT AREA generally means that any equipment sitting there is a Live Firing Range Target. The impact area is an area in relatively close proximity to the target line where a bullet, artillery shell, aerial rocket, etc. is likely to land if it hits or misses the target. The parked vehicles may represent a formation of vehicles hiding in a wooded area, etc. Anything obsolete and in disrepair is likely to be towed there and used as live fire targets. The warning signs are there to alert people to stay away and thereby avoid getting hit if some helicopter pilot, fighter or bomber pilot, artillery or howitzer unit, etc. starts opening up on the area to practice shooting. Probably not smart poking around in the vehicles unless you have permission. If it is a rifle range area, the sign will usually read “Rifle Range Impact Area”. This one does not have the words “rifle range” so it implies far bigger weapons being fired. Permission is important as the range officer would check to make sure that no live fire training is scheduled. I had a friend who stayed too long doing archaeology on a firing range which happened to also have some ancient American Indian artifacts not too far away. He had permission, but stayed a lot longer than his permit. He almost got taken out by a 250 pound bomb. Mistakes can also happen if a pilot or artillery officer accidentally fires on the wrong range. Harder to do with artillery but an easy mistake when you are traveling at 100-600 knots airspeed in some fast moving helicopter or jet. Unexplored ordnance is also possible.

[@william6214]

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.

[@NS-hs6lt]

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

[@dmasamitsu7720]

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.

[@misterpolytech]

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.😱😧

[@ponz-]

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.

[@Theresistance64]

Fort Bragg? When I was in the Marine Corps as an Infantryman, I got to ride in an M60. Pretty fun. I remember a lot of road movements with M60's and being able to grab the phone from the rear next to the exhaust (if I could breathe that mess) and talk to the tank commander about where a target was.

[@jackdaniel7465]

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

[@jackdaniel7465]

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

[@oldtop4682]

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?

[@jamesrussell7760]

Congratulations, you just found a cache of targets for training active tank and artillery units. These M60 tanks were NOT abandoned. They were stripped of usable components and now wait their turn to be towed/transported to a firing range.

[@grimdesaye6534]

Would love to see these where are they about? Would love to see them restored. Some beautiful historical tanks and APCs here! God Bless these old girls and their Crews!

[@IUN-PFK]

I really like military, so I was very happy to see M60Patton and M113. Thank you for adding Japanese subtitles 😊 Happy new year and good luck❗️ I will always support you. From a Japanese viewer 🇯🇵

[@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath]

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

[@YouTubeSaysThereCantBeTwoRyans]

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.

[@gumbo8893]

Looks like Camp Shelby MS to me. There was a bunch of M-60s that were being sold to Turkey in the 90s but something happened to hold up the sale. I bet that's what these are.

[@dwightengle8802]

I was a Tank Commander A 1/63. I also was in 2/64 and 3/64 Armor. Proud Army Veteran. 🇺🇲

[@tanker335]

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

[@Guru1ofatl]

Nothing quite like the sound and smell of 60's and 88's firing up in the morning. Never was a fan of the 113 but they made tons of them.

[@DerelictToDecay]

Glad you were able to get in there! Such a cool place not know by many. Nice video

[@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath]

Thanks bro! You were the first there or?

[@ryankorte8601]

This was awesome. Yes they are technically trespassing but if they hadn't we would never had gotten this video. Thank you! 👏

[@Harbinger_of_nurgle]

When I went to Bulgaria I did work on an old Soviet air base near Plovdiv. On the opposite side of the flightline from me there were old T-55 tanks, BTR’s & BMP’s just rusting away in the forest

[@billyteflon1322]

Going to make an assumption that these tanks have been inactivated since May86. The 2/6 US Cav reactivated in July86 but appears to be an AH64 unit.

[@Ironmikeblood]

Looks like, Ft Stewart Ga 🤣😉

[@robhutchins2721]

That's not an artillery shell at the 10:51 mark. That's a MK-82 General Purpose Bomb.

[@cup_and_cone]

It's because they are in a live firing area... Those tanks were stored for use as target practice at one point - they just move a tank out to the impact site as necessary. For whatever reason they didn't use them all up, so they sit.

[@joshmarshall7610]

To clarify, those APCs were the M113A1, major pain in the ass to drive due to their stick stearing, the A2 and A3 varients weren't bad, but they sucked if you were traveling in a convoy since other vehicles had much higher travel speeds. Interesting fact: While most crews and squades would want to sleep inside the M113, since they could easily turn on the heaters, I always rolled out my sleeping bag onto the radiator, since it was directly above the engine bay and retained heat all night long I was always cozy. There was a brief time when we were issued stripped down Bradleys for a field exercise, giving us at least some firepower and speed to keep up with the rest of the vehicles, but they quickly reissued our "hoopty" M113s back to us. We wouldn't have better vehicles until they issued us Strikers.

[@vvr881]

That Striker is a nice vehicle

[@tommyblackwell3760]

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.

[@hateantis8249]

I was a crew member on an M60A3 MBT. Loader, then driver. 1985-88 Mainz, Germany. 8th I.D. 4/69 Armor. Our battle station would have been the Fulda Gap had WWIII broke out. Loved every bit of it.

[@basilmiller931]

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.

[@nateweber5107]

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

[@joeschmidt4858]

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

[@chrisbennett3193]

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

[@chrisbennett3193]

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

[@g4joe]

As kids we played in a scrap yard that had WW2 Shermans in it. We found tankers helmets and live rounds. Also Brit bren carriers. This was in the 1950's. Of course we took all we could 😄🇬🇧👍

[@drewschumann1]

I commanded M60A3 tanks from 1993 to 1996. Amazing how fast they've degraded.

[@aek12]

time is an illusion of sand.

[@ericpeterson5994]

Abandoned to face the fate of the elements.

[@thekingsilverado3266]

In Iraq there was a left over video of a Patton rolling up to a hut where a half dozen insurgents locked themselves inside. This lone Patton made its way right to the front door then instantly it just let loose with the main gun first then a 50cal and a 30cal literally shredded the place to ribbons. Coolest thing I ever saw on video there was even this chicken went sailing thru the air tumbling also as if in slow motion. I think the guys in the tank were pissed off at the dudes in the hut had been shooting up a base on kind of a regular schedule. Finally someone with a brain sent in a tank to get rid of em.

[@450rracer90]

USAG Grafenwoehr has a bunch of abandoned tanks and buildings/bunkers that are worth checking and easy to get to off of the tank trails

[@joelewis4748]

I was part of the 317 the engineer battalion that'helped build the range in Grafenwoehr in the early 80s

[@oldtop4682]

Several of those bunkers are in the impact area though, and Graf has been in use since WWI - lots of UXO out there. OTOH, on the 3 days or so that Graf is shut down, AND you are extremely lucky, there are huge deer and elk all over the impact area and the edges of it. The boars taste good too if prepped right.

[@randythomas4495]

Boy is he lucky. If this is Jersey I live there and the Copperhead and Rattlesnake dens are huge. Looks like he is wearing a jacket so it could be fall or early winter. If this was spring time you couldn't pay me to go around there.

[@stevensawicki9123]

Is this jersey?

[@jimnielsen4076]

Would they use these tanks for dens?

[@rolfagten857]

That's the battle of the Bulge M-48 patton tank from colonel Hessler.

[@kerryprance3767]

I shouldn't do this, but I can't resist.... Google Earth Satellite the town of Marietta, Ga. 30060. It is home to Lockheed Martin and Dobbins AFB. It is where the B-29, C-5, C-130, F-22 ET AL were produced. Look behind the buildings at the far south end of the base. You will see some (8 I think?) large yello-ish ( desert cammo) airplanes parked there. These are BRAND NEW C-130's that were order by Momar Khadafi for Libya back in the 70's, but the U.S. Govt put an export hold on them and they have been sitting there ever since.

[@frankcessna7345]

This is very common especially is Europe and Germany in particular - like the M-60s pictures here, German Leopard 1 tanks returned to Germany from German and NATO Allie’s when they where replaced by Leopard 2 tanks. Dismantling and disposing of obsolete tanks is increasingly expensive and its easier to just park them. When the Soviets left east Germany they left tons and tons of junk. Helicopters, tanks, bombs, oil spills, chemical contaminants to be cleared up by a reunited Germany.

[@Mortenhendriksen]

We have a guy in Denmark who bought some of the previous soviet armor from different places. He now has an awesome museum

[@frankcessna7345]

@@Mortenhendriksen Would love to see pictures or contact information

[@Askorrr]

Они до сих пор не убирают эти разливы нефти, потому что советы обещали вернуться

[@jolantabzdenga6649]

Witam Serdecznie z bliska widziałam czołgi polskie ale amerykańskich jeszcze nie w nocy bym się wystraszyła ale nie w dzień.Szkoda że się tak psują a nie są przetapiane na nowe Pozdrawiam Serdecznie i Życzę Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku dla Całej Ekipy ♥️♥️♥️💐💐💐🥂🍾🎆🎆🎆

[@fourfortyroadrunner6701]

Unbelievably eerie. Lots and lots of money, there.

[@poowg2657]

Lots of old cold war junk that didn't make the cut to be parked in front of VFW halls. If the military was really worried about tresspassers it doesn't show. Exactly the same as our southern border......

[@SteveVi0lence]

More Elena please!!!

[@Rawdecay]

Great exploration

[@Urb-Xprepper]

relics of human engineering ,,,,so cool

[@dasjuggernaut1]

In Desert Storm, we actually mainly used the M1 Abrams

[@jimnielsen4076]

USMC used M60’s in Desert Storm

[@janeadams9392]

AWESOME TANK FIND. CAN YOU TELL US WHERE ARE THOSE TANKS AT?

[@Im-sure]

Ooo ahhh, these (M60’s) are parked in front of most tanker bases and armories all over our country! They are obviously cared for better than these though, can’t have a rusty relic out front! The one we parked at our armory was still functioning 100%

[@jeremycarnithan6379]

Would so love 2 own one of those M-60z

[@tom_123]

Cadillac steering column and controller (or similar) at 7:49

[@johnnyloco970]

My cat watched the entire video I think he wants to go explore for himself!

[@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath]

Haha hilarious! Wonder what he's up to ;) I also have 3 adventurous cats

[@laakona8381]

At 7:47 you can see the Cadillac/Gage Mfg tag on the gunner's control.

[@fordshaw5833]

You might have found gold, speaking figuratively, about the discarded M-133 APC’s. The M -113 is still in use with the A2 and A3 upgraded variant. This tracked APC travels well in an airbourne capacity inside a C 130 or C-17. Due to is light aluminum hull it’s moderately amphibious if not overloaded. When upgraded with reactive armour it can survive light anti armour weapon hits. It’s still an excellent choice of armoured vehicle where a light skinned vehicle offers too little protection and an Abrams Tank or Striker IFV is too much show of force for a mission.

[@dannylo5875]

Can be repaired or sent to Ukraine for parts.

[@fordshaw5833]

@@dannylo5875 LoL - reconditioning old hulls for service is a slow process. The hulls are stripped bare and examined for cracks or fractures in the aluminum before they are selected to be upgraded with all new parts. The task of refitting and upgrading the hull takes somewhere around a year. Simply because there are no more assembly lines everything is hand fitted from welding, fabricating new parts, installing engines, transmissions and tracks to paints and coatings. Then Q/A surveys are done in between phases of reconditioning. After the work is done the completed M-113 A goes on for trials and evaluations, defects are corrected if it passes all the testing it goes into service as basically a new APC. Defence contracting moves slow and steadily.

[@jimnielsen4076]

@@dannylo5875maybe the m-113 parts. The M-60 tanks would have no value as Ukraine is not using them.

[@tommeggenhofen224]

Happy new year to all

[@ssgusa]

Ft Knox? 2/6 Cav was there until 87 I believe. That was about the time the M1 transition happened there was well.

[@leopardone2386]

There is a place in Germany like this. Just a bunch of leopards abandoned in the German forest. This video gives me Kharkiv tank factory vibes. Thank you for citing information on the tanks as well. I love it when context is provided. Cheers mate happy travels!

[@LukePRTR]

There is a ton of M47's on GTA in Germany. A pair were removed from a range and put next to the tank trial and me and my buddy stopped to check it out.

[@billdeacon458]

Wow!! This was AWESOME…funny how yous just walked right in tho…

[@franciscodubreuil801]

Está bueno el vídeo, gracias Saludos de Magallanes Punta Arenas Chile

[@craigleewhite6317]

Ah. Bob. Craig the now realized grenade launchers were those small pipes sticking out:) Have the best New Year dudes. From Craig. ENG.

[@danajorgensen1358]

Hmmmm..... A section of military base you can walk into from the woods.... AND those woods happen to be substantially scrabbly, spindly pines, AND the soil looks like there are patches of sugar sand.... So, a trip to Joint Base Dix-MacGuire-Lakehurst, "sneaking in" on the pine barrens side. Not anything particularly special; people do that all the time. You just need to be careful where you're wandering along those southern or eastern edges of the base, because it is possible to wander onto an active firing range, and the mortar and artillery ranges aren't exactly obvious like a small arms range would be.

[@jimnielsen4076]

Enjoyed this excellent video. Thank you. Where was this located?

[@DooHicky_]

You are so lucky to have found that

[@nytwns13]

Can’t quite pin down where this is at. But one of the tanks had [2/6 CAV] on it. So I’m assuming it’s near Ft. Knox?

[@bender7565]

I thought it was great Bob!! I thought your tank knowledge was way more than mine and after Russian space shuttles this was ez. It seemed you took some grief from commenters that live in their parent's basement. You have bigger balls than I do and I appreciate the places you take me.

[@kennethharrison1286]

What a sad end to mighty fighting vechial . A damed shame !

[@larryw5429]

The scrap value is probably pretty good! Can't believe no one has tried to make some good ones out of them and scrap the rest!

[@MattCruiser]

Awesome video, hope to see more military exploration!

[@TattooedTraveler]

Nice bro, yeh those impact areas are huge. I wasn't a tanker so I had no idea what I was looking at, but tanks are always cool lol.

[@KageShi]

Sitting here watching your videos I have to admit I'd like to tag along to something like this. There are fair number of abandoned things around my area with mixed levels of accessibility.

[@greatmartini1]

Those APCs had one fatal flaw, the fuel tank was under the floor. Great spot to save space but really bad when you're hit and you have 15 guys sitting on top of a fuel bomb.

[@garymathena2125]

The fuel tank on a M113, was not under the floor. That is where the rod's for the wheels ran from side to side. The fuel tank was in the interior of the apc on a shelf on the left side rear. I know because I drove one and also did maintenance on them.

[@greatmartini1]

@@garymathena2125 thank you for correcting me.

[@harrickvharrick3957]

Amazing how fast even processed metal parts decay

[@mired914]

Tank you very much for this video, very cool! ;)

[@gettogo0159]

Their left their for target practice on the range when it's time the M60 is well... been surpassed but can be used when push comes to shove as at last options.

[@michaelleeper3649]

Those were in service when I served (Cold War era). That was ground vibrating thunder as it rolled by. I was on M109a2 Howitzers at the time. Antiques in comparison to the modern versions.

[@Racingnut24]

Greetings from America guys...just a fyi the M1's are named the "abrams" not "abrahams"...the tank was named after General Creighton Abrams (1914-1974) Awesome videos guys

[@stefodonkrue7970]

Echt ein super Interessantes Video! Weiter so!!

[@john316godlovesyou5]

Thank you for another great video! God bless you!

[@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath]

Thanks John 🙏😁

[@petereberhardt7762]

Thank You and Happy New Year Bob!

[@davidinsvaz7883]

Nope, not dumped. Set up resembling an opposing force 'staging area' to test various reconnisance and imagery tools.

[@richardslack8873]

I crewed the M60A3 back in 83 when I was Station in Germany

[@selfdo]

I'm actually surprised these old tanks were left, but at this point, they're nothing but rusting heaps of scrap steel. It appears they've been gutted of everything useful, especially the engines/transmissions. Likely they'd been used for training, but IDK if this former Army fort had a live firing range. I doubt it, as they didn't find any hulks that had been battered and/or penetrated.

[@AAVSOtube]

It appears to be at Ft Knox , which doesn’t train troops anymore and is mostly admin units there .

[@johnkeisterelquattro2553]

That is awesome at 7:14…. Cadillac!!! 😮😁

[@Bot2985-n6g]

If i was here,i would love to get one of these😊

[@research903]

The correct pronunciation is "ABRAMS" not "Abraham".

[@sirjolly81]

I would happily have one of these in my front yard. Whoever owns these let the people have them before they rot away.

[@AverageHaloBozo]

My favorite tank. The M1A2 Abrahams.

[@JayEss414]

awesome machines , great video

[@jackbliss6854]

I wish I could find where this is and save just one of these beautys

[@matthewarnold9953]

This is awesome. Can I ask is this one of the military bases in New Jersey? The area looks a lot like the pine barrens around Southern NJ.

[@oldesalt10310]

Probably at FT Dix

[@tanker335]

@@oldesalt10310 I'm guessing Ft Lewis Washington.

[@kilo21swp]

@@tanker335 thought Bragg or Pickett. 2nd Tanks would go to Pickett to fire tables when I was in.

[@jman2903]

@@tanker335 Definitely not JBLM

[@firebpm4977]

@@jman2903 I google earthed the heck out of Ft Dix and didnt see them.

[@demonfox0958]

I had big toy one as a kid I used with my GI Joes.

[@mjs9710]

I was a gunner on the M60-A1 had no grenade launcher no phone outside. 4 man crew, but short of GIs so gunner also was driver. M60-A1 could not shot on no move, I am guessing these could, just before I was discharged we watched a live fire on a moving tank. I would love to drive one last time with the same freedom we had while we were in the Army 1/77 Armor Matt

[@andyroberts805]

If this is where I think it is…back in the early 2000s when I was a US Army 12B and we would go to the demolition ranges there, you could call up range control and have these delivered out to the range so you could practice knocking them out with shaped charges and such

[@muhammadizzdanish2562]

You know,this tank must rebuilt and polished this tank and then send it to the museum of War

[@broberts1505]

Trespassing on a military base. With a non North Carolina accent. Lets say a unit there does a live fire exercise. And you get shredded. Pretty much the definition of "Fuck around and find out".

[@DD-pt9qw]

Nice Detroit Tigers Cap you have on. My hometown team. Go tigers!

[@garymathena2125]

It was not a Patton tank, it was called simply Main Battle Tank. The M113 COULD NOT hold 50 passenger's.

[@kennethharrison1286]

So sad to see mighty fighting machines as these are . Left to rust away ! Sad .

[@rory4656]

my dad was a tank commander for the pattons

[@robertmunoz7543]

Tank Overhaul?😳 "Tanks for watching"!😂 Jman