Tanks from the past

[papabear]

Some of the Armor being ammased at Fort Benning, Georgia:

 

[mobileauto2000]

Great pictures, thanks for posting them

 

[Stan Leschert]

Aside from the toys in the CAMO compound, you manage to get touch stuff that the rest of us only get to see in photos and history books.... I am so going to have to come down and loose the cap off a BIG bottle of Crown Royal, while you give me the grand tour!

Large font for PB!

 

[gmayor]

tanks

My father passed away about 18 months ago. Looking through old photo albums. He was a WWII Army vet in the tank corps. He was at Saipan in one of the four M3 tanks. He has some great photos from there and also some in training at Schofield before going. If I can I will scan them in to share. Even has a picture of motorcycles and a GPW.

 

[Katahdin]

Here's some pics on their way to war. My father-in-law had these scanned from old slides, they're from Fleetwood, PA.

 

[clinto]

Here's some pics on their way to war. My father-in-law had these scanned from old slides, they're from Fleetwood, PA.

Wow! Great shots, thanks for posting.

 

[Danger Ranger]

Very cool! Papabear, do you have the models, respectively? I am not smart enough to know what each is...thanks.

The closest my history goes was that my grandpa was part of an anti-tank group (i have to go look it up again).

 

[ryker725]

That is an impressive collection of old armor...

 

[dittle]

Thanks for posting those up PB, great to see the old iron preserved for future generations to see. One thing I had to chuckle at is how they're chocking the tracks. On flat ground I doubt those machines would move even with a strong wind blowing against them. Hurricane force winds might do it though

 

[maddawg308]

Here's some pics on their way to war. My father-in-law had these scanned from old slides, they're from Fleetwood, PA.

These are awesome, not every day you get a chance to see original COLOR pictures from the war years that very few have ever seen....

 

[BKubu]

Very cool! Papabear, do you have the models, respectively? I am not smart enough to know what each is...thanks.

The closest my history goes was that my grandpa was part of an anti-tank group (i have to go look it up again).

Picture 8 is a German WWII King Tiger (AKA Royal Tiger or Tiger II)
Picture 10 is a German WWII Panther

 

[SSG Rock]

papabear,

Thanks for posting these pictures. I will have to make a trip to Columbus to see.

SSG Rock

 

[zout]

What a great group of pictures - thanks for posting them

 

[Trailboss]

Here's some pics on their way to war. My father-in-law had these scanned from old slides, they're from Fleetwood, PA.

Interesting in the third photo that the tank had the invasion circle/star, and the other vehicles had the pre-invasion star. A mixup like that could get a guy killed. Hopefully, they upgraded the markings before they got to the front.

 

[papabear]

Aside from the toys in the CAMO compound, you manage to get touch stuff that the rest of us only get to see in photos and history books.... I am so going to have to come down and loose the cap off a BIG bottle of Crown Royal, while you give me the grand tour!

Large font for PB!

We are waiting on you Sir!!
Also, I've worked with Canadian Soldiers before and speak the language...

 

[papabear]

Them tankers from Fort Knox have brought so much armor here that GA has sunk 2 feet below sea level!!!....Here's some more stuff:

 

[papabear]

Still coming:

 

[papabear]

Tired yet??

 

[papabear]

Supposed to be more stuff coming soon

 

[Danger Ranger]

Papabear, can you label these? For the dumb ones such as myself of course...
specifically the 1st, 3rd, 4th, adn 5th of the first set (post #16) Thanks.