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Posted by D Sherman [72.47.9.228] on Saturday, January 15, 2011 at 13:24:30 :
In Reply to: WC battle wreck posted by Greg in NY [76.180.29.122] on Saturday, January 15, 2011 at 12:02:52 :
Interesting damage. It looks like there was an explosion well underground beneath it. The undercarriage is virtually undamaged, but there is dirt packed well into it in the mid-section. There is fresh dirt on the window ledges of the building and the truck is up on a pile of fresh dirt and rubble. I'm thinking there is a big crater to the right of the picture. No mine would have been buried so deeply, and I don't know of any WWII artillery shells that were designed to penetrate the ground before detonating. Perhaps a cratering bomb of the sort used to destroy runways?
If nothing else, the picture reminds us that these trucks were built for war, and war isn't a parade.