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Title: UK Tank Museum
Post by: airboy on August 19, 2013, 05:51:50 PM
Have any of you been to the UK Tank Museum?  I may be in the UK for 2 weeks this fall and would like any first hand impressions.

http://tankmuseum.org/home
Title: Re: UK Tank Museum
Post by: Staggerwing on August 19, 2013, 09:01:41 PM
Bovington! You have to go! Even if it's just to take lots of pix so those of us not likely to leave the left side of the Pond can visit vicariously through you. Did I mention that among the many vehicles there is a working Tiger I?



EDIT: BTW, did you see they have one of these (http://tankmuseum.org/ixbin/indexplus?_MREF_=63156&_IXSPFX_=templates/full/tvod/x&_IXIMGINDEX_=0&_IXACTION_=display&_IXSESSION_=hvd0iuZ_J6t&_IXMENU_=top)?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftankmuseum.org%2Fasset_arena%2Fobject%2Fhigh%2FTracerPix%2FVehicles%2FWorld%2520War%25202%2FGerman%2FJagdtiger%2FE1952.34_Sd%2520Kfz%2520186%2520Jgpz%2520VI%2520Jagdtiger_Tank%2520Museum_2006_7047-116.jpg&hash=b8433e65d3f25c81086b9c615adcf8203e8bd7dc)
Title: Re: UK Tank Museum
Post by: besilarius on August 19, 2013, 10:20:24 PM
Not only do they have some wonderful panzers on display, they also have, or had, a rotating display of ad hoc anti tank weapons the brits deployed after Dunkirk.
Treat yourself to the amazing Bates Bottle Thrower.
Title: Re: UK Tank Museum
Post by: spelk on August 20, 2013, 02:08:39 AM
I've been there many times, well worth the effort. You'll come away with many photos.