Bovington Tank Museum in 2013

[ColemanCollector]

Bovington, Australian Armour and Artillery Museum, Saumur, Kubinka--I need travel money! Need to make do with Camp Borden and the Canadian War Museum for now.

Great pics of Bovington, VVhitesnake!

Mike.

[VVhitesnake]

Thanks guys !

Haha, I'm not that small I would say, I'm about 5,9' or 182 CM, but the danged Big Cats are Big
!

I remember when I first visited I was surprised how 2 German Medium Tanks could be so different in overall external size,
I rated the Panzer 4 and the M4 Sherman as what I expected a Medium Tank to look BUT the Panzer 5 Panther was much closer to the size of a Heavy Tank.

Yeah I remember learning from history that Panther was overweight for classified 'Medium' tanks and as far as I remember Europeans and Americans referenced to it as a Heavy tank

[VVhitesnake]

Thanks guys !

VVhitesnake, thanks for the pix! Were you there on a TankFest day? I see that Tiger 131 is outdoors, yet you are able to go up next to it... can you interact with it on a rday when it runs for the crowd? Will need to decide what time of year to plan a trip

Hey man !

I believe it was the Tankfest, I'm pretty sure we went there in July/August ! As far as I remember, Most of the tanks were outside and the running ones were rolling about, I think to some degree we were able to interact. I actually was so cheeky that I sat in a Kubelwagen cause the doors were open and no one was there while my friend took a pic of me, lol I didn't even realize back then, but my mate said that the guy who owned the Kubelwagen was not very impressed from the looks he was giving when he saw me sit in it ! So yeah, it's been a while, can't imagine what they get up to now, I would like to see the King Tiger P running once they restore it !

P.S Could not resist so dropping more photos !

[VVhitesnake]

Ive stood on the Tiger at Vimoutiers, the King Tiger in La Gleize, the Panther in Houfalize, the Elefant in APG and on & on it goes.................they are big units.

Awesome man! I would like to see and touch a real Ferdinand/Elephant !

[VVhitesnake]

Bovington, Australian Armour and Artillery Museum, Saumur, Kubinka--I need travel money! Need to make do with Camp Borden and the Canadian War Museum for now.

Great pics of Bovington, VVhitesnake!

Mike.

Thanks man !

[VVhitesnake]

Well I never miss a good chance to take a nice selfie with a Tank Hooah!

That's me in Marseille in 2022 & in Gdańsk in 2024!

[Herr Dr. Professor]

What great travel you have enjoyed! Thank you for posting the photos. Sometimes I wonder if the eggs-perts here on RCTW with the super skills I envy are really just supercomputers attached to all kinds of delicate machinery, so it's good to see that you are human. In fact, it looks as if the leg-folding you had to do to fit in that Kübelwagen is about as difficult as fitting in a Jeep.

[VVhitesnake]

What great travel you have enjoyed! Thank you for posting the photos. Sometimes I wonder if the eggs-perts here on RCTW with the super skills I envy are really just supercomputers attached to all kinds of delicate machinery, so it's good to see that you are human. In fact, it looks as if the leg-folding you had to do to fit in that Kübelwagen is about as difficult as fitting in a Jeep.

Haha thanks man ! Yeah the Kübelwagen was a bit tight lol, I would love to get into the ol' Willy Jeep at some point to compare !