Airplane fuel tanks turned into Vietnamese boats

[Jon]

During the Vietnam war, US planes used aluminum drop tanks to store surplus fuel for jets and tankers. The tanks could be jettisoned mid-flight, or, in some cases, were simply abandoned on the ground.

Clever Vietnamese people cut and customized the drop tanks into capable canoes and river boats.

The tanks onboard a fighter jet:



The tanks converted into boats:






Previously: German WWII military helmets re-manufactured into colanders