Welcome An excellent visit just opposite the entrance to the US cemetery adjacent to the roundabout, you can't miss it. There is a well stocked selection of books ,models and local items to buy , staff speak english and are very friendly. These photos taken in 2014 and 2015.
Very nice pictures. Can you give us some more info on the Panther in the first photos? It looks like it is just the turret and upper hull. I didn't know they came apart like that. Love the horses and goofy looking spaniel with the field kitchen. Very nice shots. Some well fed Volksstrum there!
Dave the Panther came from the private collection out lined in the link , got this info from "Surviving Panzers". Surviving Panzers " Sander Degeling, June 2013 Panther Ausf. A – Omaha Overlord Museum, Colleville-sur-Mer (France) Daimler-Benz chassis #152451, built in April/May 1944. In Januar y 1945 Captain Besnier of 1er GMR goes to Ranes, Normandy, looking for functional German tanks. On 23rd January 1945, he returns to Arthon with some German vehicles, including two Panzer IV tanks and this Panther tank, plus an artillery gun. The panther was restored to running condition by April 1945.This Panther se rved in the French Army after WW2, it was part of 6ème Cuirs, 2ème escadr on. It spent some time during the 1950s in the city of Baumhol der (Germany). Returned to Satory in 1955. It was then transferred to ETBS for test (Lot 44 in the inventory) and then transfered f rom Bourges to Saumur on order of Colonel Aubry in the Year 1980. Swapped with Falaise Museum in 1988 (for a Sdkfz 251). The damage on the front was done during test at ETBS Bourges (Chris tophe Mialon). The barrel comes from Southern France (Perpignan area), the turret is not original to that hull. The original tu rret from this hull was used to restore Saumur Panther N° 254 (W ehrmacht Awards forum). The tank has been transferred fr om Falaise to the new museum in January 2013"
