My Bovington Visit

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HERMAN BIX
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Re: My Bovington Visit

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I was in Maryland in 2010.
Strolled the deck of the railway gun, looked over every inch of the Jagdpanther, both Panthers, marveled at the failed impact scallops on the Jagdtiger glacis plate......................most of the big ticket items were already gone by then.
the museum proper was closed, not much was going on at this stage.
Driving in and out of what was/is a functioning military facility was quite sobering. Each unit barracks seemed to have its own war trophy(a T-34 here, a T62 there etc) but the most stark reminder of correct behaviour protocols came at the visitors centre :

You sign a document that lists the rules of entry, and amongst them is ;

The use of DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORISED WITHIN THIS FACILITY :O :wtf: :problem:
Keeps a curious tank-head from wandering I can give you the drum 8O
HL JAGDPANTHER,HL TIGER 1,HL PzIII MUNITIONSCHLEPPER, HL KT OCTOPUS,HL PANTHER ZU-FUSS,HL STuG III,HL T34/85 BEDSPRING,
HL PZIV MALTA,MATORRO JAGDTIGER,HL F05 TIGER,TAMIYA KT,HL PANTHERDOZER,HL EARLY PANTHER G,TAIGEN/RAMINATOR T34/76,
HL AN-BRI-RAM SU-85
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Re: My Bovington Visit

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Good Morning,
Tank museums are the best. Living History that you can touch. Thanks for the pictures, Michael. I'm looking forward to going back and spending a week there next time.
regards,
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Re: My Bovington Visit

Post by ironcross13 »

nice im going to visit this year looks great

Swamprat33 wrote:Hi Michael, dont forget Saumur, Munster and Overloon museums.
They are all great Panzer museums.
I visited Munster last year and was amazed by what they had.

Tim
where are these i love german ww2 would like to go
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