Anyone attached to the Sembawang Ammo Depot, a.k.a Attap Valley Bunker?
Did they have an ammo Bunker there?.....Attap Valley Road?.....gee!, they last time I went down the road, they were constructing the power plant..
Anyone attached to the Sembawang Ammo Depot, a.k.a Attap Valley Bunker?
I read somewhere that US soldiers were falling like pins in firefights during the initial transition from M14s to M16s. Many of the fallen were found with their cleaning kits out. Investigations found that the bullet chambers were clogged with carbon. The situation was rectified initially by procuring rounds from CIS and later chroming the chambers. Back to the point. Once during reservist training, a cock up resulted in an over drawing of 400 rounds per man above the standard 90. We ended up shooting it all into the Poyan Reservoir. Yup! That's reloading 80 times and cocking it 400 times.......Above the standard 90!
In the old days, the main ammo dumps were located at:
Alexandra
Rifle Range Road
Seletar Camp
Sembawang with it's own harbor
These camps had deep bunkers dedicated to storing explosives & ammo, and not the small amounts stored for standby use with active units. Back then I heard that Spore only had enough ammo stored for 3 days of hostilities? With the congestion in Spore I doubt there is enough storage space in Spore for storing more for a prolonged war.
Many of them were set up by the British. I'm sure that some of them are now gone like the one at the Seletar camp which has become repurposed for civilian use, & probably the one at Alexandra, ...
In any war you need lots of ammo & for a small country like Spore which has plans for a population of 10 million, it's just not practical.
Not forgetting Kranji ammo dump at Stagmont Ring Road. The camp surrounded by sugar cane farm and lot of house flies in the cook house.
it is also the camp that has a vegetable farm.
It was started by the OC who was so on he ball that he cant stand to see those GD men idleing around ,he started the first "hydrophonic' farm in Singapore.
It was so successful, it even supplied all the vegetables to 5 or 6 camps cook house every day.He was promoted to Captain and posted to Ammo base HQ in Riffle Range Road..
Did they have an ammo Bunker there?.....Attap Valley Road?.....gee!, they last time I went down the road, they were constructing the power plant..
Not forgetting Kranji ammo dump at Stagmont Ring Road. The camp surrounded by sugar cane farm and lot of house flies in the cook house.
it is also the camp that has a vegetable farm.
It was started by the OC who was so on he ball that he cant stand to see those GD men idleing around ,he started the first "hydrophonic' farm in Singapore.
It was so successful, it even supplied all the vegetables to 5 or 6 camps cook house every day.He was promoted to Captain and posted to Ammo base HQ in Riffle Range Road..
...Can someone confirm the time line? MAybe a former Chartered Industry staff? Or WHore Jinx?
I heard a story which is probably true.
Someone who worked there resigned & when he left the country they strip searched him to male sure he wasn't carrying any secrets
When PIE was constructed, they stumbled upon old WW2 Ammo dumps.......
I wonder how many WW2 bombs and shells are still hidden away..... sometimes beneath your feet......
And British army Mustard Gas shells were kept in Labrador during WW2. These were thrown into Keppel Harbour upon the British surrender. Some were recovered after WW2. Some British officer did say he would never want to swim in the waters off Labrador.....
And of course, the British kept their nuclear bombs at Tengah Air base.......
And why didn't the british used them(nuclear bomb) when it is available?
Only a captain....so poor thing.... he helped save so much money on food...should at least be a BG...
Yes there was a very big ammo depot there. Even the Malaysian navy stored some ammo there
The place had a jetty with cranes. I heard the british opened the place way back before WW1.
I went down that road ( Attap Valley Road) this was some many years ago, when the power plant was under construction to see a Major Japanese Contractor. There were some leftovers British days buildings there...did not think much of it...AMMO DUMP...wow!. This was so long ago & I have not been down that road since then...