History's Junkyard

History's Junkyard

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Tank Graveyards

Japanese Ha-go tank resting under the sea. 



Jagdpanther acting as a firing range target



Various wrecks of panzer IV and panther tanks. Just imagine what these would be worth now



Destroyed Tiger 1 tank. You can clearly see the torsion bar suspension system. 

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Plane Wrecks

When the war is over, what planes didn't get recycled; littered the battlefields to decay slowly. A reminder of the harsh past.



Betty Bombers litter the Pacific Jungle


Japanese bomber plane on the jungle floor


Japanese Bomber plane on the jungle floor



Engine from a bomber plane rusting on the jungle floor

RAF early mustang on the North African Desert


Japanese bomber in a shallow lagoon



American B-29's on a scrapheap