{"id":57086,"date":"2024-09-12T23:36:34","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T21:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=57086"},"modified":"2024-09-18T20:33:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T18:33:11","slug":"two-military-vehicles-abandoned-in-the-middle-of-a-forest-in-the-english-countryside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/09\/12\/two-military-vehicles-abandoned-in-the-middle-of-a-forest-in-the-english-countryside\/","title":{"rendered":"Two military vehicles abandoned in the middle of a forest in the English countryside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many military vehicles are sold to other countries or to private individuals when they are retired from service. Others end up scrapped.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"The German forest near Aachen in which there are four abandoned tanks\">The German forest near Aachen in which there are four abandoned tanks<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/06\/11\/old-sherman-tanks-from-world-war-ii-that-are-abandoned-in-a-desert-in-chile\/\">Old Sherman tanks from World War II that are abandoned in a desert in Chile<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><strong>In some cases, vehicles are abandoned, and sometimes in rather strange places.<\/strong> This is the case of two military vehicles that have been found by a group of British explorers <strong>in the middle of a forest in the English countryside<\/strong>. The exact location is not indicated in the video, but as you can see, they are in a restricted area (although the warning sign is quite old). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@VacantHaven\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">VacantHaven<\/a> <strong>published the video of this discovery three weeks ago:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"We Found ABANDONED U.S Airforce Vehicles and Bunkers\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vaUKwtqTgr4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can see some screenshots from this video here. <strong>At the beginning, an underground bunker appears<\/strong>, with a vault in the shape of a semicircular arch.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53990895953_fe3ae71e3a_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The most interesting find is a <strong>1966 GMC 5500 A\/S 32R-5 tanker truck, with U.S. Air Force markings.<\/strong> These trucks were used to supply fuel to aircraft at air bases. They were used for many years, well into the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53991087350_1baa8e7520_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next to the GMC truck is a dumper from the British brand Thwaites.<\/strong> It is a vehicle used in public works to remove debris and other materials.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53991087360_567256bdd7_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nearby is another military vehicle, a 1980 British LDV Sherpa van, with the steering wheel on the right side of the cabin. It is a mystery what these vehicles are doing there abandoned in the middle of a forest.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53990975454_999fb00bcc_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many military vehicles are sold to other countries or to private individuals when they are retired from service. 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