Link, Weapons rusting in Vietnam.

[shadycon]

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[DaveHH]

If you were never at the ammo dump at Cam Rahn Bay, there was A LOT of ammo there. Just sitting outside in spaces cleared of vegetation spaced 20-30 meters apart. The place was alive with monitor lizards too. You were stripped of any ammo before being allowed entrance into the boom section. A 4 ft long lizard would come out and you had nothing to shoot with.

[ArizonaBeagle]

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Still a collectors nightmare........looking at all those spare parts that could have been.


AZB

[WarPig1976]

Man, what a waste.!!!!

[Mizzouboy]

A lot of high quality alloy steel going to waste. Probably a lot of it coming back to us as Harbor Freight tools from China. Surprised by the number of SMLE's, Enfield 1917's and Thompsons, not to mention Garands. Didn't see any carbines, though, maybe I missed them.

[dnikkor]

You can see carbines in photos #46, 61 & 71. "Banana clips" are shown in photos 56 & 57. I've seen a few of these photos before, but not the whole collection. You couldn't tell where they were taken from the "Arms Dump" site.

I guess this just shows the aftermath of war when weapons are plentiful and the worn out and obsolete ones are just so much junk. If they only knew what we crazy collectors would pay for parts forty years later....

[DaveHH]

I believe that these photos are from Cam Rahn. The reason that they were left out to rust is that after victory, they were committed to the Soviet block weapons and had no need for old US weapons. I did notice there were a few AKs. The M16s were probably sold off since there are very few M16s in the pile. As mentioned, there is a lot of 4140 steel sitting there going to waste. My guess is that at some point we may see some of those rare parts come home on the sly. Just in Thompson parts, there are thousands of $$. I too was very surprised to see those Enfields as I never saw any when I spent my year there. How about you Jim? See any SMLEs? Mausers yes.

[dnikkor]

The Arms Dump guy posted by photo #59: Most of this has been scrapped now but the warehouses in some of the pictures contain the new and still crated items.

I wonder if they still exist and what might be inside them.

[USGI]

The Arms Dump guy posted by photo #59: Most of this has been scrapped now but the warehouses in some of the pictures contain the new and still crated items.

I wonder if they still exist and what might be inside them.

I searched Cam Rahn for several minutes this morning in Google Earth thinking the Arms Dump might be an easy find. Saw rice paddies, palm trees, and lots of other interesting stuff, but failed to locate the warehouses. I have to admit I didn't see the carbines in the pictures though, until you pointed them out! - Bob

[DaveHH]

left over from the French when I was there in 66-67. There was a practically new Grumman Bearcat on hardstands down by Saigon. I'd bet that thing is long gone.