Aberdeen Proving Ground 100th anniversary movie
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Aberdeen Proving Ground 100th anniversary movie
I hope it will not be a double topic in the forum.
This is a nice film made for the APG 100th anniversary (2017).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JpErzIaT9w
This is a nice film made for the APG 100th anniversary (2017).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JpErzIaT9w
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Re: Aberdeen Proving Ground 100th anniversary movie
Wow, that was cool, Yves. H ave they a museum on here, the reason i ask is that it is rumoured that Hitlers Mercedes is in there, im curious and would like this verified.
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I am proud to have played a small part in Aberdeen Proving Ground history.
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Re: Aberdeen Proving Ground 100th anniversary movie
No, that car used to be in APG during about 10 years, but was sold to a Canadian business man and after donated to a museum in Quebec as a compensation for unpaid taxes .Mark Jesic wrote: ↑Tue Aug 21, 2018 2:28 amWow, that was cool, Yves. H ave they a museum on here, the reason i ask is that it is rumoured that Hitlers Mercedes is in there, i'm curious and would like this verified.
That car was recently for sale in a public sale but the minimum bid was not reached, hem it was supposed to be more than 7.000.000 USD ...
Funny to know that this car was using 60 liters per hundred km.
That means:
3.9 MPG (US)
4.7 MPG Imperial
1.6 km per liter
Crazy for a country that had to produce synthetic gas from coal !
I'm so happy with my "Convertible Jeep" gas consumption !
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Brilliant information Yves, that is so interesting, i dont think Hitler paid for his own fuel .
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This is really cool and makes me proud to be an Aberdeen, MD resident. Hoping in time to get a job at APG, too
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Sadly the Ordnance museum is no longer on APG. It was moved to Ft Lee a couple of years ago.
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Re: Aberdeen Proving Ground 100th anniversary movie
My wife is from Vienna Va and she remembers the family would go up and see demonstrations at the grounds like a family day out. We just converted some home movies and put them on DVD and some from Aberdeen are on it.
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