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Two tanks in afghanistan
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Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 3:41 pm Post subject: Two tanks in afghanistan
The following wrecks were seen at MGRS 41S QS5840 0810. Nearest place is called Spin Kechah T-54 T-62 In the place KHORMA is also a tank located but I have to find out what type. Both tanks are in the Uruzgan province At the FOB RIPLEY gate is a BM-21 and a D-44 howitser s/n 751724 (built in 1944) Regards, Lesley Last edited by L.Delsing on Mon May 04, 2009 3:59 pm; edited 1 time in total

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Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 7:34 pm Post subject: Re: Two tanks in afghanistan
Any chance of some photos, Lesley? _________________ Trevor Dr Trevor Larkum Preserved Tanks: PreservedTanks.com Armour Archive: ArmourArchive.co.uk EVs

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Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 12:20 am Post subject: Re: Two tanks in afghanistan
41SQS58400810 computes to 65°45'09.777"East and 32°34'48.931"North, 4070 ft above MSL. If you are using Google Earth, it is about 7 nautical miles west south west from the published airport at Tirin Kot (ICAO OATN). Les, OPSEC - be careful not to publish places where friendly forces might operate.

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Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 12:38 pm Post subject: Re: Two tanks in afghanistan
Lesley sent me a pic late last night - I'll post it when I get in tonight. _________________ Trevor Dr Trevor Larkum Preserved Tanks: PreservedTanks.com Armour Archive: ArmourArchive.co.uk EVs

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Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 8:30 pm Post subject: Re: Two tanks in afghanistan
Here's Lesley's picture: They sure have some serious geography over there! _________________ Trevor Dr Trevor Larkum Preserved Tanks: PreservedTanks.com Armour Archive: ArmourArchive.co.uk EVs

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Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 2:24 am
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- Maple_Leaf_Eh

41SQS58400810 computes to 65°00'00"East and 32°00'00"North, xxxx ft above MSL. If you are using Google Earth, it is about ? nautical miles north south west east from the published airport at Tirin Kot (ICAO OATN).

Les, OPSEC - be careful not to publish places where friendly forces might operate.

I have to pull in my horns here. My posting is a bit hypocritical. I scolded Les for doing the same thing I'd just done.

The bad guys know where friendlies will be, and as IRAQ and GoogleEarth proved, the net has everything a fellow needs. I used two sites to extrapolate the one piece of information given. Coord converter and general location -
geoengine.nima.mil/geo..._roam.html
then - www.fallingrain.com for the place and spelling variations.

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Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 12:12 pm Post subject: Re: Two tanks in afghanistan
I understand from Lesley that he'd already checked there wasn't an issue with that information. _________________ Trevor Dr Trevor Larkum Preserved Tanks: PreservedTanks.com Armour Archive: ArmourArchive.co.uk EVs

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