Originally Posted by
beardy
I was told that an RB199 having been 'lost' at Stafford was subsequently found under the blanket that had been thrown over it to make a card table.
Know they lost an M113 in Australia. They sent it to have some work done on the engine, once the work was done the contractor contacted the unit. Somehow the message never went anywhere, they just left it in the back of the shop accumulating storage fees, every month the sent the bid to a govt and every month they paid it. It was about 6 months before someone clocked they were short an APC. After fervorishly searching someone put 2 and 2 together and worked out due to the storage fee where it was
Know the yanks lost a Humvee, it broke down on a public road, just outside a military exercise area. They left it there, some australians came past found the abandoned vehicle, only had a stuffed alternator and flat battery. So they put a new battery in and drove it somewhere for safe storage (allegedly the guys joyrided in it for a few days before it arrived) yanks left, it was a couple of months later before they went OH **** and had to fly in a C-17 to pick it up