M-5 Tank dug up

[papercu]

Just saw this on the MVlist. Wayne
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23819856-5012895,00.html

 

[Recovry4x4]

Very cool but that was the shortest story I've ever read!

 

[hulk31st]

Is it for sale on Ebay?

 

[maddawg308]

Pretty cool. Wonder if someone else in the web-world has some better pics. Hope it's going to go to a caring home that will try to save at least some of it, what's left after 60 years holding up pavement.

 

[Elwenil]

Mike, click here.

 

[StreetbikeDepot]

Couple more interesting reads......

http://www.englishrussia.com/?p=299

http://www.englishrussia.com/?p=892

 

[Numbers]

http://www.7tharmddiv.org/31d-buriedtank.htm

1. The tank that was recovered was definitely an M5 light tank.
2. The 31st Tank Battalion had the only tanks that were in Chartres on the night of 15-16 August 1944.
3. The only light tanks in the 31st Tank Battalion were in Company D.
4. Company D of 31st Tank Battalion was attached to Force #1 (23rd Armored Infantry Battalion, minus companies B and C, plus company D of 31st Tank Battalion)
5. Force #1 attacked Lèves, France (just northwest of Chartres) earlier in the day on 15 August. Then in the evening Force #1 launched an attack into Chartres, which succeeded in breaching the German defenses in the northwest part of the city.
6. The fact that the tank was stopped (which is documented on page 65 and in a photo on page 111 of Roger Joly's book) at rue des Perriers, where it was later pushed into a shell hole and buried, is undeniable proof that the tank had made it from the northwestern part of the city all the way through the city to the southeastern sector. (The area was not then part of the city proper, as it is now.)
7. Thus the penetration in strength into the city by Force #1 went much deeper than has been previously recognized. Roger Joly has documented that the penetration went deeply, but it is now clear that the penetration went deeply in strength.

 

[jpcj-7]

Cool!! I'd love to find something like that while digging a hole some where!

 

[Elwenil]

On a similar note, there was a M4A3E8 Sherman with the M2 dozer blade buried at the Central Islip Psychiatric Center in NY.

http://www.aaftankmuseum.com/Archive11M4A3E8.htm

 

[bulldog_mack13]

I forgot who told me that story elwenil , its nice seeing pictures of it .

Makes sence to the French , burry a vehicle that liberated them. I too, hope its saved.

 

[neilhendrix]

That`s pretty cool. There was a Sherman in the sound at Bear Inlet on the very southern point of Camp Lejeune. The hatch and gun barrel could be seen at low tide. Next time I went fishing there it was gone .