Public Tanks

If anyone is visiting Pakistan , there was a M47 on display awhile back.


Mishal, pictured reporting from Abbottabad

Found that photo here.
'Your tribe need to behave like proper English children': What BBC's Mishal Husain was told by shopper in supermarket ~ News Conner


The Indians also have a Pakistani M47 on display.
Bengaluru: Gems of Bengaluru: Tale of the tank (indiatimes.com)

The captured M-47 Patton Tank from 1965 Indo-Pakistan war



also A day in the life of a tank: The last stand | India News,The Indian Express

 

I did a tour of American Civil War battlefields during the summer and passed this Stuart in a small town in Virginia. Can't remember the name of the town - it was somewhere between Five Forks Battlefield and Appomattox Court House (possibly Crewe?). Never seen "Non-Combat" on the side of a tank before.

 

Couple of photos I took two years ago on Belgrade Fortress. All these tanks, and lot of artillery pieces, are on public display there. Unfortunately quality of photos is not great.

 

VFW symbol on turret. It was probably outside one of their chapter headquarters.

Might be of interest to the forum that most of the tanks in front of American Legion and VFW buildings in the US are on long term loan from the government. The Army sends an officer out every couple of years to make sure they are kept painted and rust free.

I'm guessing the guys selected for the job are not on the fast path to higher command

The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S.

 

Confirmed as Crewe VFW.

VFW Post 7819, Crewe | Facebook

 

Canadian Sherman @ Doetinchem, Netherlands

 

Cromwell @ Antwerp, Belgium

 

Not too bad looking replica French WW1 Schneider tank @ Chemin des Dames, France.



ps. Hadn't seen that Owen beat me to it by 4 years (post #99)

 

Memorial now also contains an AMX20

 

A virtual trip around the Vale of Evesham ( courtesy of Google) brought back memories. Long Marston Camp near Stratford on Avon, Long Lartin (HMP) once a POW camp run by Canadians (I think) the satellite view revels rows of Nissen huts next door. Honeybourne Airfield once a Canadian? Wellington Bomber Airfield, Ashchurch a large Army storage facility still sports a tank at the gates. (See attached) Google Maps

Up the M5 then come off for Defford Croome Court (National Trust) > Visit Worcestershire with its RAF Museum. Throckmorton Airfield, Tiddesley Wood Rifle Range near Pershore.
Cross the Severn at Worcester past what was Norton Barracks to Malvern for the Radar and HMS Duke sites.
67th Field Regt RA (TA) The Headquarters and 265th Batteries were based at 24, Southfield Street, Worcester, the 266th Battery was based at Clarence Road, Malvern where there is a blue plaque on the wall of the now defunct site.

 

2 not tanks before anyone mentions it.
Hämeenlinna, Finland .
Outside an army surplus shop.
(Not the one I got my new hat from.)

 

T-34 outside the Salpa Line Museum.
Miehikkälän Salpalinja-museo | Salpakeskus

 

T-34 in Lyman , Ukraine.
https://www.facebook.com/1448090885498011/posts/2891974211109664/?mibextid=Sm1QV5viuFF4V9p4


Liberation Memorial (T-34/76 Tank) Krasnyi Lyman - Krasnyi Lyman - TracesOfWar.com

 

mollusc is on holiday.
He sent me these from Nancy, France.

 

The Oregon Military Museum in Portland Oregon has...
an M4A3, a Type 95 Ha-Go, an M7B1 Priest from WWII.. they also have a M 41 Walker Bulldog, an M42 Duster, an M60A3 and an M1 slick.
They have an M38, and an M151 as well as a WWII Era ford Jeep,
other items of interest include a Weasel, a M3(?) Halftrack, a scout car, various "smaller" things, including a quad 50 mount, a 20mm Orlekon and a 40mm Bofors, a torpedo... a 37mm and a 57mm AT guns, Japanese 37mm, several Japanese artillery pieces and a 1897 75mm with the new(er) tires and split trail... also 2 or 3 Model 1841 cannons.
Among the Japanese artillery is a very cool 150mm mortar. (as well as arty from 75mm to 150mm)
an F86 and a F4 Phantom (the Phantom is not on display yet)
Their firearms collection covers from 1600s to present, including a heavy set of WWII items there as well.
I was there a few weeks ago and they had an M20 armoured car driving around.
The Docents are really cool and all seem to know what they are talking about and geek out about stuff in a good way.
One guy was there and was talking to my friend about each and every rifle in their collection like they were personal friends.
Firearms I recall are an FJ-42, a Chinese made ZB26, (and Bren and Type 97), a Johnson and Riesing(?) and some older stuff that were cool, including the 8mm and 30.06 ChautChauts.

Oh, and they have a Douglas AIR-2 Genie training model!


They lack a bit in naval stuff, but make up for it in willingness and interest in the subject

 

Just looking for something else on Google Maps & found this.
Char Sherman Le Rochefort.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/hUx3LZifQ1HKk7R37?g_st=ac



https://maps.app.goo.gl/NmSigvMMB1FntXrC6?g_st=ac