Checkpoint Charlie

Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin

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• Charlie
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[cami1150gs]

thats not the real checkpoint is it

[grrnnw]

yes

[GZVidz]

@StevieThunder657 They are just some funny Russian guys working for tips!

[minipo48]

the real cpc was sold this is a copy. not a very good copy either.

[kpadua1]

I was there in June of 1989 and was lucky enough to actually cross the real Checkpoint Charlie as well. I walked on through to East Berlin but at that time it was not that simple (I remember waiting in lines) and I was equally as nervous!

[TheEurozhongguo]

This is not the real Checkpoint Charlie. I went through the real one in the late 80s and there was very little traffic either side of the immediate border. The checkpoint had signs up in German, English, French and Russian and first-timers, like me, felt quite nervous even approaching it on foot with no intention of crossing, let alone actually crossing it.

[cami1150gs]

Last I heard McNair Barracks the old shack is about 20 feet long by 8 feet wide

[StevieThunder657]

As a former Military Policeman and NCOIC at Charlie Checkpoint, the sight of the MP imposters who are role-playing there is so sickening it's almost laughable! Had any of the MPs who rotated through there shown up for duty dressed like that, they would have certainly been turned right around and sent back, and most likely would have ended up reassigned as combat engineers as a few others i recall were!!!

[StevieThunder657]

What 2 years did you work there? I was NCOIC from 1980-1982 and I may know you if you were there then.

[Stefan1527]

I only notice and like the Phaeton.

[5687678]

That sign should say German army checkpoint.

[studentinberlin]

that is the sight from westberlin. the original checkpoint was bigger.