Crates of guns

cdmech · 02-27-2014, 02:27 PM

Saw this picture on another forum and thought I needed to share it here.
Marc

DavidJayUden · 02-27-2014, 02:38 PM

Just after Germany surrendered in WW2?
dju

alanint · 02-27-2014, 02:45 PM

Yes. This is a well known photo taken in post war Germany. There is a website somewhere that that has a number of these surrendered arms photos.

lugersrkewl · 02-27-2014, 02:55 PM

that guys cherry picking all the best ones

rhuff · 02-27-2014, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by lugersrkewl

that guys cherry picking all the best ones

Wouldn't you do the same thing? I sure would.

John Sabato · 02-27-2014, 04:20 PM

this photo has appeared here before, some time ago, and someone commented that the soldier looked like a young Ralph Shattuck...

LOL.

thanks for posting it again... its enough to make even us oldtimer drool about the possibilities.

Edward Tinker · 02-27-2014, 04:31 PM

I have picked up photos like these before - from the web, other collectors and ones I have bought on ebay

John Sabato · 02-27-2014, 04:36 PM

I used to have a couple of photos I collected of arms left in Vietnam... one photo I recall showed Thompson and M3 SMG's stacked like cordwood, rusting out in the open...

Made me feel like crying just to look at those pictures.

I lost part of my photo archive in a hard disk crash about 10 years ago... those photos were part of them.

John Sabato · 02-27-2014, 04:51 PM

Hmmmph... one google search and I found them all again:

http://www.armoryblog.com/firearms/gun-graveyard/

Make sure you have a bucket or barf bag handy... these photos will make you sick...

Sergio Natali · 02-28-2014, 03:07 AM

MARC and EDWARD

Thanks for sharing those photos;

JOHN
I agree with you it's painful to see so many handguns left in the open to rust.

I've never seen anything like that really
Not too far from where I live there is a small military vehicles depo with lorries, helicopters and airplanes dismissed by the airforce.

lugersrkewl · 02-28-2014, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by rhuff

Wouldn't you do the same thing? I sure would.

I would keep all of them not just the cherrys

George Anderson · 03-01-2014, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by alanint

Yes. This is a well known photo taken in post war Germany. There is a website somewhere that that has a number of these surrendered arms photos.

Doug, I have an original 8 1/2 x 11" copy of this photo. It is stamped on the back US Army in Norway.

02-27-2014, 02:27 PM	#1
cdmech User Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 218 Thanks: 87 Thanked 134 Times in 55 Posts	Crates of guns Saw this picture on another forum and thought I needed to share it here. Marc Attached Thumbnails

02-27-2014, 04:20 PM	#6
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,155 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,308 Times in 1,098 Posts	this photo has appeared here before, some time ago, and someone commented that the soldier looked like a young Ralph Shattuck... LOL. thanks for posting it again... its enough to make even us oldtimer drool about the possibilities. __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

02-27-2014, 04:31 PM	#7
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,960 Thanks: 2,062 Thanked 4,591 Times in 2,114 Posts	I have picked up photos like these before - from the web, other collectors and ones I have bought on ebay Attached Thumbnails __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

02-27-2014, 04:36 PM	#8
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,155 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,308 Times in 1,098 Posts	I used to have a couple of photos I collected of arms left in Vietnam... one photo I recall showed Thompson and M3 SMG's stacked like cordwood, rusting out in the open... Made me feel like crying just to look at those pictures. I lost part of my photo archive in a hard disk crash about 10 years ago... those photos were part of them. __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

02-27-2014, 04:51 PM	#9
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,155 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,308 Times in 1,098 Posts	Hmmmph... one google search and I found them all again: http://www.armoryblog.com/firearms/gun-graveyard/ Make sure you have a bucket or barf bag handy... these photos will make you sick... __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

02-27-2014, 02:38 PM	#2
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	Just after Germany surrendered in WW2? dju

02-27-2014, 02:45 PM	#3
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	Yes. This is a well known photo taken in post war Germany. There is a website somewhere that that has a number of these surrendered arms photos.

02-27-2014, 02:55 PM	#4
lugersrkewl Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Ussr Posts: 425 Thanks: 198 Thanked 75 Times in 58 Posts	that guys cherry picking all the best ones

02-28-2014, 03:07 AM	#10
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	MARC and EDWARD Thanks for sharing those photos; JOHN I agree with you it's painful to see so many handguns left in the open to rust. I've never seen anything like that really Not too far from where I live there is a small military vehicles depo with lorries, helicopters and airplanes dismissed by the airforce. __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.