My visit to the Tank Museum! (Finally)

[Steven000]

Hi guys,
This year the misses wanted to spend some of our vacation in the UK, and with the Tank Museum on my bucket list for decades - I told her I knew this amazing flower store in Bovington and soon we walked through the gates of 'The Tank Museum' (We traveled by train to 'Wool' and walked about 30min to the museum).

I picked out some photos I shot - Enjoy!



The Tiger I






The Panther






Panzer II Ausf L - Tiger II






The Jagdtiger




The Jagdpanther


StuG III


Some guy put his name on the tank, they are still investigating the incident...






Panzer I




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[Steven000]

Panzer II Ausf L




Panzer III


Panzer IV








M3 Grant


Sherman Crab


Leopard I


T-62


Challenger II


(Model)






Kettenkrad




The tank arena


Also visited the 'Vehicle Conservation Centre'


Which is filled with more awesome projects!


I had a great time in the museum - if you can I really recommend visiting one day!
Thanks for reading & kind regards,
Steven

 

[davecov]

A great set of photos, Steven. I don't see any pictures of flowers though!

I last visited the Tank Museum in 2003 so I am well overdue for another visit.

Dave

 

[Mini Me]

Nice looking batch of armor Pics. Steven....it's been so long since I last visited Aberdeen Proving Grounds here in the States, I was using a Nikon F3 and print film! .....and we don't let Bob scribble on the paint jobs.

 

[David Lovell]

Great set of pictures Steven ,on a quiet day I can probably drive there in the time it took you to walk from the station , haven't been for a few years now last time was for a tiger day ,impressive to see the tiger roll by but ashamed to say didn't think it lived up to the hype ,I've got a little video of the kettenkrad going by it trumped(bettered)the tiger for me.
As you say well worth a visit if your able to , strangely one of my favorites there is the staghound if its still on display ,you've got no concept of the thing only box art standing by it you realise what beasts they were. Dave

 

[adt70hk]

Thanks for sharing Steven. I'm lucky though to have been for the c okay two years - for TankFest - and Junior wanted to do TankFest again... So what is one to do!!

Thanks again.

Andrew

 

[Tim Marlow]

Great set of pictures Steven ,on a quiet day I can probably drive there in the time it took you to walk from the station , haven't been for a few years now last time was for a tiger day ,impressive to see the tiger roll by but ashamed to say didn't think it lived up to the hype ,I've got a little video of the kettenkrad going by it trumped(bettered)the tiger for me.
As you say well worth a visit if your able to , strangely one of my favorites there is the staghound if its still on display ,you've got no concept of the thing only box art standing by it you realise what beasts they were. Dave

Looks like you had a great day Steven. Like David, I haven’t been for a few years. It’s got a great collection, with some real gems hidden away in there. One of my favourites is the KV-1, a really big old beast. Never been in the conservation centre so that’s a good reason for another visit…..
Interesting shots of the vandalised Stug though, I think that’s a new exhibit. The old one had log armour on the sides…..
Always love seeing the Tiger. Last time I went was a week after tiger day and, because it had been running, it smelt Alive..…so many museum exhibits seem dead when you see them.

 

[boatman]

HI Steven as the guys say many thanks for sharein an what did your missus say when she saw a tank mus than a flower shop ? wow id have been dead if id treid that an yes that little bugger Bob writein all over that lovley stug but but i suppoce it would have been the same with me if i had seen tiger there might have been a ( boatman was here as well ) lol an last time we were there they were still building the tiger so i did not see her built an some great pics many thanks an im glad you enjoyed your day an how many black eyes did you get from the missus ? lol
chrisb

 

[Steven000]

Thanks for the comments

@ Davecov : Thanks, no we didn't see any flowers indeed
@ Mini Me : Aberdeen is on my bucket list too! but it's really far away though, I'm very interested in the Jagdtiger which is kept there...
@ David Lovell : Looks like you live very close to the museum, if I well understood the dayticket is valid for 12 months, so might be worth to visit a few times more on a quiet moment.
@ adt70hk : Watched TankFest a few times on YT, always nice to hear those engines making music!
@ Tim Marlow : The conservation centre is huge but you can only watch it from a platform unfortunally, it was open from 14:00 to 15:00h.
@ Boatman : Well I still had 30min from the train to explain but was able to keep my camera-eye in good shape . Doing the dishes one year now

 

[boatman]

Thanks for the comments

@ Davecov : Thanks, no we didn't see any flowers indeed
@ Mini Me : Aberdeen is on my bucket list too! but it's really far away though, I'm very interested in the Jagdtiger which is kept there...
@ David Lovell : Looks like you live very close to the museum, if I well understood the dayticket is valid for 12 months, so might be worth to visit a few times more on a quiet moment.
@ adt70hk : Watched TankFest a few times on YT, always nice to hear those engines making music!
@ Tim Marlow : The conservation centre is huge but you can only watch it from a platform unfortunally, it was open from 14:00 to 15:00h.
@ Boatman : Well I still had 30min from the train to explain but was able to keep my camera-eye in good shape . Doing the dishes one year now

WELL jen said that will learn you Steven for telling the missus under false pretences lol
jen

 

[boatman]

OH an Steven that was brillint on that Bob the stug was here as i near split my sides laughin an it has really cheered me up for the day VERY VERY GOOD that VERY WITTY you are SIR
chrisb

 

[Andy the Sheep]

Thank you for posting your pics, Steven.
It seems that even the Tank Museum has a huge shelf of doom, even if they named it Vehicle Conservation Centre.

 

[Dave Ward]

I first went to the Tank Museum around 1964 - my father, who was a WWII veteran, told me quite a bit about the tanks he had seen in action in Europe & especially pointed out a Dingo armoured car - he'd been wounded when his ran over a mine! I've been back many times & it has changed a lot over the years. Much more professional!
Dave

 

[rtfoe]

I don't mind having a shelf of doom like that.
Thanks for sharing the photos Steven.

Cheers,
Wabble

 

[outrunner]

Great pictures that bring back memories of the time I went there about 6 years ago, great day out and I liked the desks where you could watch videos of tankies telling tales about the time they spent in them.

Andy.

 

[langy71]

Some excellent pictures Steven, they seem to have had a 'shift' around since I last went, as the Challenger was on the 'half a bridge' that the Leopard 1 is now on, and the King Tiger was built into a smashed up building 'dio', maybe I'll have to arrange a visit again when I'm off during my 'birthday' week holiday...

It does look as though BobtheStug took the dog with him and let it have a good chew at the turret of the Sherman...

 

[Allen Dewire]

I just had a good look through Steven and they are some great pics!!! Thanks for that and may I suggest buying a dishwasher to get you through the year of hard labor...Just a thought...

Prost
Allen

 

[adt70hk]

@ Tim Marlow : The conservation centre is huge but you can only watch it from a platform unfortunally, it was open from 14:00 to 15:00h.

You now have the perfect excuse for going to TankFest, as they normally open up to conservation hall to allow people to wander around....

It's well worth a look because there a number of unique vehicles/prototypes in there. A most excellent excuse if you ask me!!

 

[Tim Marlow]

I first went to the Tank Museum around 1964 - my father, who was a WWII veteran, told me quite a bit about the tanks he had seen in action in Europe & especially pointed out a Dingo armoured car - he'd been wounded when his ran over a mine! I've been back many times & it has changed a lot over the years. Much more professional!
Dave

I went there first in about 1969. Different location then as well wasn’t it Dave? I seem to remember some smaller naval guns outside the entrance for the kids to play on? At that age I was one of them……

 

[BattleshipBob]

Hi guys,
This year the misses wanted to spend some of our vacation in the UK, and with the Tank Museum on my bucket list for decades - I told her I knew this amazing flower store in Bovington and soon we walked through the gates of 'The Tank Museum' (We traveled by train to 'Wool' and walked about 30min to the museum).

I picked out some photos I shot - Enjoy!

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The Tiger I
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The Panther
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Panzer II Ausf L - Tiger II
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The Jagdtiger
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The Jagdpanther
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StuG III
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Some guy put his name on the tank, they are still investigating the incident...
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Panzer I
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Not me too neat lol, very cheeky Steve but very good and how on earth did you do it!!