November 26, 2013

Remnants of the Cold War - Nuclear Weapons Depot

It was a rainy Saturday and the shopping trip with my wife and my mother-in-law was surprisingly short, so the three of us went for a spontaneous tour to a former U.S. Special Ammunitions Site (SAS).
I knew about this location but I didn't think that we would find the time. But we did!
In these depots, of which there are a lot in Germany, maintained and guarded by the U.S. Army, nuclear warheads were stored for use with German carrier systems within the scope of the so-called "nuclear sharing" in case of a nuclear war.
The layout of these depots was always the same (check out my visit to a different depot here): There was an inner ring, guarded by soldiers from the U.S. Army unit responsible for the depot, and an outer ring that was guarded by soldiers from the host nation - in this case Germany.
In this particular depot, the nucelar ammunition for the 2nd Panzergrenadierdivision (Armored Infantry Division) was stored, more specific warheads for the tactical short-range missile "Honest John", artillery grenades 203mm (8 inches) for the M110 howitzer and artillery grenades 155mm for the M109 howitzer.
The depot was active from 1962 until 1992.

































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4 comments:

  1. Und wieder super schöne Fotos!!!
    LG Babs

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    1. Vielen Dank, Babs!
      Ich mag diese alten Atomwaffenlager. Auch jetzt noch bringt das Wissen um ihre ehemalige Verwendung ein sehr eigentümliches Gefühl mit sich.

      LG
      Jan

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  2. echt interessant ... wo ist das eigentlich? .... nuclear danger .... i always wanted to see how a #nuclear weapons depot looks like ...

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    1. Sorry, Orte gebe ich nicht weiter. Es gibt aber viele dieser Lager in Deutschland, und mit ein bißchen Beharrlichkeit und den richtigen Suchanfragen kommst Du sicher weiter.

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