World War II Tank Wrecks M3 Stuart, M24 Chaffee, WWII Scrap Tanks in Djibouti, East Africa by Mick Wilson. They were dumped in the sea when the French Foreign Legion left the base in the 1960’s. When Mick Wilson was out there the present French commander of the base that they are next too was not interested at all in getting them out of the sea, even when Mick Wilson offered to buy them.