r/DestroyedTanks • u/Individual-Eye-6376 • 27d ago

Modern ARVN M41 Walker Bulldog being pulled into shore after years under sea, Vietnam.

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u/sentinelthesalty 27d ago

It already became a reef, maybe they should have left it there.

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u/InnocentTailor 27d ago

Yeah. It looks pretty caked over at this point.

Wonder why they dug it up? Maybe it was a hazard of some sort?

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u/sentinelthesalty 27d ago

If nothing else it'd be enviromental contamination concerns. Its was manufactured in 50's, so it probably has lots of nasty materials in it. Reef tanks are stripped and cleaned for a reason afterall.

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u/InnocentTailor 27d ago

That's a fair point. This is industrial waste - the ruins of a war machine.

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u/Individual-Eye-6376 27d ago

fyi, it was found with small arms bullets, and with still intact shells, and human bones too.

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u/Individual-Eye-6376 27d ago

and, they are planning to restore it, to put it in display, and it was submerged 51 years in the sea

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u/Raven7274 27d ago

Hard to think thats worth restoring. Even for a museum piece it'd be more of a reproduction than a restoration. Cool as hell though

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u/NlghtmanCometh 27d ago

Wonder what their plan is. Can’t see much use aside from washing away the gunk and tossing it in a museum.

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u/Icy-Reindeer4469 26d ago

Wait. It's a m41? Deformed asf

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u/Okhlahoma_Beat-Down 17d ago

Misread this as "Being pulled into the sea after years under shore", and I was very confused about the logistical process.