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Philippine Armor pictures
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armyjunk2
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Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 10:39 pm
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Here are some out of the way armor pictures from my trips to the Philippines, the ID's might be correct, right click and save to see ID. please feel free to correct.......

Philippine Military Academy, Baguio, Luzon, Philippines

Public Park, Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippines

Military Museum at Capas, Luzon, Philippines

Philippine Veterans Museum, Manila, Philippines

Fort Hughes, Caballo Island, Philippines
This is the remains of a Sherman on the beach at Fort Hughes, Fort Hughes is located very close to Corregidor

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Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:13 am Post subject: Re: Philippine Armor pictures
Great pictures, especially like the Sherman on the beach. I'm heading to the Philippines myself later this year, will have to stop and visit some of those places, job willing of course! Thanks _________________

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Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:09 am Post subject: Re: Philippine Armor pictures
JG, make a point of going to Corregidor, read up a little on the battle first. It's a very interresting place.

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Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:28 pm Post subject: Re: Philippine Armor pictures
Thanks for the advice, will do that for sure! _________________

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Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:43 pm Post subject: Re: Philippine Armor pictures
What kind of armament was on this Commando?

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Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:44 pm Post subject: Re: Philippine Armor pictures
Corregidor by Belote is probably the best single book to read... Doug, sorry i'm no help. i'm usually lost on anything past WWII, but I am learning lots form you all. I'm a "if it doesn't have a propeller how can it fly" person. some of the guys in here will know........

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Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:53 pm Post subject: Re: Philippine Armor pictures
- Doug_Kibbey What kind of armament was on this Commando? I would guess that it's a 50 Cal. I think those are 2 rows of 3 smoke launchers on each side of the turret. But I'm only guessing _________________ Bob Smart (bsmart@xecu.net)

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Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:24 pm Post subject: Re: Philippine Armor pictures
6 smoke launchers on each side of the turret. total of 12. i can see them on the original picture.....I wasn't sure that is what they were....

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Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:19 pm Post subject: Re: Philippine Armor pictures
Well, they were serious about their smoke! .50 for the turret? Pretty big for an older Commando.

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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:00 am Post subject: Re: Philippine Armor pictures
I'm guessing based on the barrel I see sticking out. I seem to remember the Commando offering twin .30s as one option and a .50 as another. But then I could be remembering it wrong _________________ Bob Smart (bsmart@xecu.net)

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