Cool pics of urban exploring, abandoned machines and stuff

[mel]

Oddly enough when I was in the military I was involved with Loughborough University in some research work, this was around 93 ish and errrrr let me think about this, well there wasn't any military accomodation and they put us up in student digs, no army base, no secret squirel stuff, and by your time scales it would have been fully operational at that time. But there was nothing there.

[Pothole]

mel said:

Oddly enough when I was in the military I was involved with Loughborough University in some research work, this was around 93 ish and errrrr let me think about this, well there wasn't any military accomodation and they put us up in student digs, no army base, no secret squirel stuff, and by your time scales it would have been fully operational at that time. But there was nothing there.

but if it was secret, why would they have told you?

[madala]

Pothole said:

Twincam16 said:

Pothole said:

we NEED to see those photos!

I know! Annoyingly he's not on PH and I saw them on the screen on the back of his camera. I've tried to persuade him to upload them but I think he's genuinely scared of being 'tracked down' and prosecuted.

FFS, this is not soviet Russia.

...though sometimes I think it is not far off.....

[Jackleman]

A few photos from exploring I did last November in the Nam....

[andy400]

theironduke said:

Love the idea of this...

But just cant see it. How can a whole base be left "Marie Celeste" style?

HMS Royal Arthur is a whole base that was left virtually intact, and is worth a visit before it finally gets knocked down. A lot of it has been vandalised, as the gates are wide open if you know how to get there, but it's still fascinating. Last time I was there, I found an A4 typed notice from the First Lieutenant reminding trainees not to clean their boots in the showers, still stuck up with a single drawing pin, and flapping gently in the breeze from the broken window. Eerie.....

I'd post some photos, but I'm at work and photobucket just isn't allowed!

PS Re the vandalism, I hate the fact that a signifcant amount of people, on finding an abandoned military site with much to interest, can't think of anything better to do than smash things up. I don't mind the graffiti - some of it is very artistic indeed - but the wanton destruction!? Still, to each their own....

[evenflow]

Jackleman said:

A few photos from exploring I did last November in the Nam....

I call shenanigans.

I've lived near Cheltenham for years and never seen anything like that





Cool pics

[Jackleman]

A few more from Nam...

[Twincam16]

Rollcage said:

Twinners, your mate is having a laugh.


Missiles and stuff lay dormant for 30 years, only to be found by him?


Too many X-Box games I think!

Off the back of this thread I phoned him up last night.

Once he finds them, he's emailing over the photos

[BigS]

Where in Nam is that?

[Jonny671]

Jesus Christ!

Can we start installing these in areas populated by cretins please?

Longer spikes though.

[Jackleman]

BigS said:

Where in Nam is that?

The pics are from 3 different places in Nam, the ones of the tanks and the building with the mahoosive comunist flag are in the city of Hui, the photos from with helicopter gunships, the strange underground firing range are in Ho Chi Mihn City at the reunification palace and the war permanents museum. The tunnels and nasty looking man-traps are from the Cu Chi tunnels area north of HCMC.

It is an awesome place to go

[theironduke]

evenflow said:

Jackleman said:

A few photos from exploring I did last November in the Nam....

I call shenanigans.

I've lived near Cheltenham for years and never seen anything like that





Cool pics

I used to live in Chelt and did chuckle too...

[BigS]

Jackleman said:

BigS said:

Where in Nam is that?

The pics are from 3 different places in Nam, the ones of the tanks and the building with the mahoosive comunist flag are in the city of Hui, the photos from with helicopter gunships, the strange underground firing range are in Ho Chi Mihn City at the reunification palace and the war permanents museum. The tunnels and nasty looking man-traps are from the Cu Chi tunnels area north of HCMC.

It is an awesome place to go

Ah thanks, I thought the building with the helicopter looked familiar from footage of the fall of S-S-S-Saigon (© Paul Hardcastle, 1985).
From what I've seen of Vietnam on the tv it looks like an interesting place to visit without taking into account all the war stuff.

[Jackleman]

olly22n said:

Jackleman said:

cool and interesting pics
[quote]

can we have some info about the photos please, esp that tunnel you seem to be exploring!

No problems.

I haven't done a good job of this so will start with the tunnels.

The Cu Chi tunnels is a complex of underground tunnels used during the Vietnam war by the Viet Kong to base their operations against the yanks. There were 10,000 of the Viet Kong living in these tunnels which spanned some 75 miles on three different underground levels. The tunnels even went underneath a yank airbase and they didn't even know about it! The yanks tried to bomb the tunnels with B52s but that didn't work!

I spent about 3 weeks in Nam or the st as it is also known, I started in Hanoi in the north and worked my way down the country sort of doing the opposite journey to the Top Gear dudes did, I even got a stupid suit made.

The pictures of the military hardware are all from HCMC except the tank which was in Hui. I could post some photos of the giant Citadel there if people are interested.

The underground shooting range is part of the reunification palace which was the last stand at the end of the war where tanks broke through the gates. It is an impressive building with kitchens, cinema, presidential residency, radio rooms and map rooms, library etc.

Back to the Cu Chi tunnels, my mate Andy and I took a trip to the tunnels which is about an hour north of HCMC, I was lured here because another mate said you could fire machine guns which I needed to do! The tunnels we went down have been enlarged a little to allow us fat westerners in, once underground you crawl along for about 100 metres in pitch black and unbearable heat.

Once out of the tunnels you can hear gun fire so my eyes lit up and we headed to what can only be described as the coolest place I have been. A massive man made hill at the end of a jungle clearing with lots of fuels barrels and other junk built up. Pay the man, get some amunition and you can fire away like your hearts content whilst screaming "Get som, get som". I opted for an AK47 and a M1, happy days.

Here are a few more photos including another interesting man trap that was used behind doors. I have a few more photos of the palace if people want to see them.

Edited by Jackleman on Tuesday 20th July 11:41

[Jackleman]

A couple more..

Me descending in to the tunnels..



My rear as I try standing up in the tunnel...

[...Mole...]

Jackleman said:

olly22n said:

Jackleman said:

cool and interesting pics
[quote]

can we have some info about the photos please, esp that tunnel you seem to be exploring!

No problems.

I haven't done a good job of this so will start with the tunnels.

The Cu Chi tunnels is a complex of underground tunnels used during the Vietnam war by the Viet Kong to base their operations against the yanks. There were 10,000 of the Viet Kong living in these tunnels which spanned some 75 miles on three different underground levels. The tunnels even went underneath a tank airbase and they didn't even know about it! The yanks tried to bomb the tunnels with B52s but that didn't work!

I spent about 3 weeks in Nam or the st as it is also known, I started in Hanoi in the north and worked my way down the country sort of doing the opposite journey to the Top Gear dudes did, I even got a stupid suit made.

The pictures of the military hardware are all from HCMC except the tank which was in Hui. I could post some photos of the giant Citadel there if people are interested.

The underground shooting range is part of the reunification palace which was the last stand at the end of the war where tanks broke through the gates. It is an impressive building with kitchens, cinema, presidential residency, radio rooms and map rooms, library etc.

Back to the Cu Chi tunnels, my mate Andy and I took a trip to the tunnels which is about an hour north of HCMC, I was lured here because another mate said you could fire machine guns which I needed to do! The tunnels we went down have been enlarged a little to allow us fat westerners in, once underground you crawl along for about 100 metres in pitch black and unbearable heat.

Once out of the tunnels you can hear gun fire so my eyes lit up and we headed to what can only be described as the coolest place I have been. A massive man made hill at the end of a jungle clearing with lots of fuels barrels and other junk built up. Pay the man, get some amunition and you can fire away like your hearts content whilst screaming "Get som, get som". I opted for an AK47 and a M1, happy days.

Here are a few more photos including another interesting man trap that was used behind doors. I have a few more photos of the palace if people want to see them.

When about in November was this?, I know someone who done a similar trip on motorbikes(for part of the journey anyway) with a few other guys.

[Jackleman]

...Mole... said:

Jackleman said:

olly22n said:

Jackleman said:

cool and interesting pics
[quote]

can we have some info about the photos please, esp that tunnel you seem to be exploring!

No problems.

I haven't done a good job of this so will start with the tunnels.

The Cu Chi tunnels is a complex of underground tunnels used during the Vietnam war by the Viet Kong to base their operations against the yanks. There were 10,000 of the Viet Kong living in these tunnels which spanned some 75 miles on three different underground levels. The tunnels even went underneath a tank airbase and they didn't even know about it! The yanks tried to bomb the tunnels with B52s but that didn't work!

I spent about 3 weeks in Nam or the st as it is also known, I started in Hanoi in the north and worked my way down the country sort of doing the opposite journey to the Top Gear dudes did, I even got a stupid suit made.

The pictures of the military hardware are all from HCMC except the tank which was in Hui. I could post some photos of the giant Citadel there if people are interested.

The underground shooting range is part of the reunification palace which was the last stand at the end of the war where tanks broke through the gates. It is an impressive building with kitchens, cinema, presidential residency, radio rooms and map rooms, library etc.

Back to the Cu Chi tunnels, my mate Andy and I took a trip to the tunnels which is about an hour north of HCMC, I was lured here because another mate said you could fire machine guns which I needed to do! The tunnels we went down have been enlarged a little to allow us fat westerners in, once underground you crawl along for about 100 metres in pitch black and unbearable heat.

Once out of the tunnels you can hear gun fire so my eyes lit up and we headed to what can only be described as the coolest place I have been. A massive man made hill at the end of a jungle clearing with lots of fuels barrels and other junk built up. Pay the man, get some amunition and you can fire away like your hearts content whilst screaming "Get som, get som". I opted for an AK47 and a M1, happy days.

Here are a few more photos including another interesting man trap that was used behind doors. I have a few more photos of the palace if people want to see them.

When about in November was this?, I know someone who done a similar trip on motorbikes(for part of the journey anyway) with a few other guys.

Last 2 weeks of Nov.

[...Mole...]

Was in an abandoned high school in Fife at the weekend( entrance was very sketchy and exiting was even worse). Wasnt all that much inside most of it had been stripped, was kind of interesting anyway.

[deano12345]

found this out in libya a few years back




and a load of UXO, these were the biggest



abandoned camp & a set of IVI's from the 80s

Edited by deano12345 on Tuesday 20th July 15:10

[BigS]

That'll be a BM-21 Grad launcher then, a modern Stalin organ, left over from the Libya - Egypt war? Along with the the unexploded ordinance, I think it was only Tripoli the Yanks bombed in the 80s.
What are those other trucks used for then?

Edited by BigS on Tuesday 20th July 15:31

Edited by BigS on Tuesday 20th July 15:32