Location: Culebra

  • IWW4@lemmy.zip
    5·
    3 hours ago

    That is a really cool picture.

    Wonder why that tank was left there. Was it lost in an exercise, was it intended to be used as for erosion prevention, was it target practice?

    I think I have the answer, target practice:

    In 1939, the  began to use the Culebra Archipelago as a gunnery and bombing practice site. This was done in preparation for the United States’ involvement in WWII.

    • Sal@lemmy.world
      11·
      8 hours ago

      Nope, that’s where the machine gun ball would be since this is a Sherman. It was probably stolen eventually. The tank probably got bogged down and abandoned where it stood.