Acrers and acrers of surplus(does it exist?)

[400SMS]

Most US gear when it is no longer serviceable is now turned over the the DMRO folks to sell off. However what happend to all of the web gear the national guard had to support the M1 Garand and carbine in the 60's. Also where are all of the M16A2's now that the army is using the M4. The stuff has to be sitting somewhere.

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[Harlan (Deceased)]

Also where are all of the M16A2's now that the army is using the M4. The stuff has to be sitting somewhere.

I hope they didn't end up as this poor Inland did during the (un-named president) error. (I mean era)




I had a friend who retired as a supervisor of a large Federal Penitentiary a few years ago, and he loves all things WWII. He has a fully restored jeep, etc.

He told me that during 'that era' the federal penitentiary here replaced all of the M1 carbines they had always used with newer rifles. He said the carbines were seldom if ever fired, and most all were in very good condition.

They were told they had to destroy them and they weren't allowed to sell, or even give them to sheriff departments etc. They didn't have facilities to cut them up so they took them to an asphalt area, put them side by side, and repeatedly ran over them with a bulldozer. Then dug a deep trench at their location and buried all of the smashed and broken pieces.

He said there was a truck about the size of a medium 'U-Haul' moving truck stacked half full of carbines.

It's unbelievable how much has been wasted.

[gunner]

I hope they didn't end up as this poor Inland did during the (un-named president) error. (I mean era)




I had a friend who retired as a supervisor of a large Federal Penitentiary a few years ago, and he loves all things WWII. He has a fully restored jeep, etc.

He told me that during 'that era' the federal penitentiary here replaced all of the M1 carbines they had always used with newer rifles. He said the carbines were seldom if ever fired, and most all were in very good condition.

They were told they had to destroy them and they weren't allowed to sell, or even give them to sheriff departments etc. They didn't have facilities to cut them up so they took them to an asphalt area, put them side by side, and repeatedly ran over them with a bulldozer. Then dug a deep trench at their location and buried all of the smashed and broken pieces.

He said there was a truck about the size of a medium 'U-Haul' moving truck stacked half full of carbines.

It's unbelievable how much has been wasted.

Regards

Gunner