This happened about a year ago but figured people here would find it interesting.

Police say a World War I German MG-08 machine gun has gone missing. The device was stolen from the Suffolk County Detachment of the Marine Corps in Bay Shore.

Military armaments historian Dan Templeton, with the Museum of American Armor, says the stolen weapon has gone through a decommission process which makes it inoperable and lacks value without a registered background.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/world-war-i-machine-gun-stolen-off-long-island-roof/4113889/#:~:text=A strange crime has people on Long Island,in Bay Shore. It's just off Sunrise Highway.

  • SSTF@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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    6 months ago

    The device was stolen from the Suffolk County Detachment of the Marine Corps in Bay Shore.

    ”It was originally out front but we decided to put it on the roof because we thought somebody would steal it," Air Force veteran Anthony Siano said Monday.