A few pics from Bovingdon Tank Museum

04-19-2011, 02:14 AM,

Had a visit around the Museum whilst away for a few days, enjoy.
p.s. that should read Bovington !

von Manstein · 04-19-2011, 02:22 AM,

:bow: thanks for pics :bow:

Those BIG 'cats' are beautiful, aren't they?

04-19-2011, 03:11 AM,

Your welcome !

Yeah, beautiful and pretty scary as well if you come up against one !

von Manstein · 04-19-2011, 03:29 AM,

Are there any other Pz (from PzII to PzIV) or StuG?

**Scud** · 04-19-2011, 08:18 AM,

Thanks, Peter. Nice pics.

Dave

04-19-2011, 04:25 PM,

''Are there any other Pz (from PzII to PzIV) or StuG?''

- Yes, there are many tanks in the museum, from WW1 through to an Afghanistan display.
In one of my photos, in the background, I believe is a Hetzer.
It is a truly grand display.
Each year they have a Tankfest, with action displays and all.

I noticed that one of the pics was a bit blurry. This wasn't due to my lack of photographic skills, the camera was set with variable visibility on !

Crossroads · 04-19-2011, 05:44 PM,

(04-19-2011, 04:25 PM)Trampled Tanker Wrote: ''Are there any other Pz (from PzII to PzIV) or StuG?''

I noticed that one of the pics was a bit blurry. This wasn't due to my lack of photographic skills, the camera was set with variable visibility on !

LOL Given the VV can move 250 meters per 3 minutes, that's easily over a meter per second. No wonder your camera couldn't keep up with it!

Meanwhile, here's a couple of pics from Finnish Tank Museum:

Pz IV J
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StuG III G (early-mid)
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StuG III G (mid-late)
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Laza · 04-19-2011, 05:47 PM,

Nice pixs Peter

I was there a couple of years ago, brilliant display of armour.

I was actually a little surprised by size of Tiger 1, I was expecting it to be bit bigger.
Mind you that Jagtiger is a monster I couldnt even get back far enough with camera to get it all in entire shot

Crossroads · (This post was last modified: 04-19-2011, 06:54 PM by Crossroads.)

...whereas the StuGs are surprisingly small and low lying animals. A comparison to a StuG and to a Sherman nearby was just astonishing, especially when comparing the height of the things...

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I could be mistaken, but I believe the museum exchanged the Sherman with a StuG in running condition, with Bovington. I am not sure whether the StuG there is currently in Finnish or German colours, as it has been both. Here's a link: http://www.andreaslarka.net/ps531044/ps531044.html

I have not seen a Jagdtiger, but can counter with an ISU-152:
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A visit to Bovington with my kids is in my long term plans :)

04-20-2011, 12:16 AM,

Think it was an ISU-152 at Bovington too, plus a T34, done in winter camouflage with Russian logos over it.
I'll just have to go back there and take a whole lot more pics, got a free pass for the year now !
An interesting thing I found out was that T.E.Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) was based here also.

''Mind you that Jagtiger is a monster I couldnt even get back far enough with camera to get it all in entire shot'' -

Yeah Laza, the museum is so stuffed full of armour, it's hard to get a full shot of many things, without banging your head on the next exhibit!

Think I may have a few more photos on the ladyfriend's camera. (Yes she came and thoroughly enjoyed it!)