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L.Delsing · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Feb 10, 2006 Posts: 960

www.spitsnieuws.nl/arc...dumpt.html

25 Type 69s are dumped into the Gulf of Thailand to serve as artificial reef. According to the article the army run out of spare parts for them.

IIRC the Thais had more than 25 Type 69s?

Garry_Redmon · Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 6:56 pm Post subject: Re: Thai Type 69s dumped in sea

I know that armies don't want to keep obsolete tanks on their inventories and I know that it is beneficial for marine life, but there is something about dumping old tanks in the ocean that is so . . . ignoble. Crying or Very sad

Garry

Doug_Kibbey · Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 7:29 pm Post subject: Re: Thai Type 69s dumped in sea

- Garry_Redmon

I know that armies don't want to keep obsolete tanks on their inventories and I know that it is beneficial for marine life, but there is something about dumping old tanks in the ocean that is so . . . ignoble.

Garry

Especially when there are so many deserving enthusiasts out here willing to give them a good home.

I'm particularly miffed now that I actually have a good place to put one. Sad

L.Delsing · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Feb 10, 2006 Posts: 960

Next year I'am planning to go to Thailand for several weeks, anyone has some contacts or adresses to contact for getting permission to taken photographs?

Also locations of preserved tanks and other wrecks and relics are welcome!

Pzkpfw-e · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jul 21, 2010 Posts: 1202

Thailand's supplied a number of Spitfires for restoration projects over the years.
There's The Royal Thai Airforce Museum, 171 Paholyothin Road, Don Muang, Bangkok.
World War 2 museum (JEATH War Museum), Kwai River, Kanchanaburi. Old Japanese locomotive on display, plus other interesting bits.

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