Bovington Tank Museum

This weekend we took a club outing to Tank Museum in Bevington - with loo breaks its about a 2.5 hour drive for us, but there is plenty to see. On the day we only managed the main museum and not the restoration area which has about 150 vehicles.

There was also a vehicle parade that day as part of the D-Day 80 celebrations, with about 80 US/British vehicles assembling before a drive to the coast.

As the ticket is good for a year we may well mount another trip to see the rest before they run out. 

British Mk IV with Fascine

Rolls Royce AC - home please Parker

M3 Grant - a favourite of mine

Crusader - poster boy of the desert campaign

17pdr armed British M10

Stug - workhorse of the German army 

Behind you Adam!

Cut in half Centurion

The mighty Char B

Soviet T-62

Classic Firefly

The Panther

A couple of more special pictures to close - No 3 son in front of a Vickers Medium MkII. The black and white shot is his great grandfather driving the same type of tank in the 1930s

John recreates the iconic image from Tiananmen Square - Tank Guy comes to Bevington.