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Arms Cache Found Under Tokyo School

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  1. GRW

    GRW Pillboxologist WW2|ORG Editor

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    Wow. Surprised it wasn't discovered earlier.
    "About 1,400 firearms and 1,200 swords believed to be from the period of World War II were discovered buried at an elementary school in western Tokyo, city officials said Monday.
    Grenades, bullets and cannonballs were also found one to two meters underneath the grounds of the Tanashi Elementary School in the city of Nishitokyo.
    The discovery of the cache of weapons came during excavation work that began in July linked to the construction of a building, the officials said.
    Cooperating with police and the Self-Defense Forces, the city on the outskirts of the capital removed the weapons from the school grounds, they said, adding they were possibly discarded after the end of the war in 1945."
    1,400 guns, 1,200 swords found buried at Tokyo elementary school
     
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    belasar Court Jester

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    Wonder if they were intended to arm students for a possible invasion, or if the school came later.
     
  3. GRW

    GRW Pillboxologist WW2|ORG Editor

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    Good point. Reports say the arms were found under the playground, but can't find any info on when the school was actually built.
     
  4. OpanaPointer

    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    What's the Japanese term for "Werewolf"?
     
  5. Carronade

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    Buried/concealed weapons are usually meant to be dug up at some point.....
     
  6. George Patton

    George Patton Canadian Refugee

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    *gun nerd alert*

    I see that at least 2 of those Arisakas have dust covers....
     
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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Second choice would be "I missed the deadline to turn all this junk in legally."
     
  8. Otto

    Otto Spambot Nemesis Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    I thought every Japanese school had a subterranean arms cache.

    I'll take three please, where do we "add them to cart"?
     
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    "Cannonballs?" I'm sure they meant grenades.

    Strike up Alice Cooper.
     
  10. George Patton

    George Patton Canadian Refugee

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    My first thought was that they meant artillery shells, but your suggestion seems more likely given the other items in the "cache" .
     
  11. OpanaPointer

    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    canon shells?
     
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    George Patton Canadian Refugee

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    I see what you did there....

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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    It is Japan. "Under the Rainbow" anyone?
     

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