U.S. Military Museum Inc. Pics

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Inside of their Iraq capture BMP-1. We were all astounded how fucking slav-squat cramped it is inside compared to how wide the vehicle looks from the outside.

>>29751237
how do slavs squat so proficiently. im skinny and have long legs. it just feels so uncomfortable.

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For that anon who requested pics of breeches. I believe this is BMP breech. Honestly got a little too excited so pics are pretty jumbled

>>29751276
Elasticity of the calf muscles

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Wider view of some of the outdoor exhibit. From left to right: Far left rear M60 Patton, MBT-70, M47 Patton, front far left some kinda Schutzenpanzer observation vehicle, Schutzenpanzer 42-1 cargo carrier, Experimental rocket turret XM800T

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M60 breech. Unfortunately most of the breech blocks were missing/cut and most of the barrels were filled

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MBT-70 not as bad off as I thought.

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Looking inside the MBT-70 from the driver's hatch. Pretty shrekt on the inside tho

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Electric breech of the MBT-70, just like the Sheridan. Surprisingly intact too.

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Inside of the MBT-70 looking towards what I'm guessing is the autocannon's turret/compartment

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Looking the opposite way

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Looking at the rotating driver's position

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Semirelated
>rest in peace sweet prince

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Rear of the turret, bustle rack and i believe that small circular hatch with the handle is where the autoloader would fling stubs out. Correct me if I'm wrong.

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Markings on the front upper glacis. Anyone know exactly what they mean? I assume they're from when poor MBT-70 was used for target practice. idk though

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Some of the rear armor was missing, you can see into the engine compartment

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Breech of M110A1 8 inch self propelled howitzer. Thing was massive, crew of 13, 200lb shells

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Not sure if that anon will see this but someone asked if we could get a pic of sheridan's 152mm glory hole after I got back from the museum. But I realized we did take this pic. Hope this suffices.

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Breech of an also fuckhuge 5 inch AA gun

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Patton action shot

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Breech of an M108 self propelled howitzer. Bonus bird's nest. There were also dead wasps and wasp nests in pretty much every vehicle

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M108 rocket doors!

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XM800T experimental turret. Not such a tight fit. Looked like a lot of water inside and hatches were closed. Kinda unfortunate, I really wanted to get in that cool driver's hatch. Sheridan's sliding driver's hatch was good enough though

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M47 Pattons pads were pretty shredded

Also her breach was very filthy and greasy. Would not load with my shell

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>>29751744
forgot pic. Also why the fuck are so many captchas select waffles?

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M47 Patton's gunners station. Took pic because aluminum nobs were so cool and retro. I suppose for better tactile feedback, but they look very much like they fit the time period

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They had an IS-2 gun, very clean breech

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Closeup on mantlet cutout. Would not have wanted to be the guy who had to cut this

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>>29751802

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Indoor displays were legit too. Wayyy too much cool stuff and too little time. Here is their Davy Crocket nuclear recoilless rifle. Never thought I'd see one irl, was very excited

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And a Nazi sword, now that's a bringback. Imagine being a GI who had one of these, weeew

Alright that's all I got. Sorry it's not so all-inclusive. Like I said I was pretty excited, waaaaaay more focused on climbing in/on/around these things than taking pics. Will try and go again next month in all honesty.

>>29751276
>>29751298
Op here and def. not a slav, just for fun. I don't get how people can't squat. You just squat.

>>29751518
Wat is this place?

>>29751570
Prototype vehicles such as the MBT-70 were usually constructed with mild steel rather than armor grade steel or composites, to save on pre-production costs.

>>29751939
Thanks anon, should've thought of that. Poor MBT-70 too pure for this world.

>>29751916
Google is your friend
http://www.mvtf.org/
It was the world's largest private tank collection owned by a millionaire outside silicon valley, had god tier shit like scud launcher, original working panther, and every fucking tank/apc you can name. Died in 2009 and the most of the vehciles were auctioned off in 2014. I helped a bit and got this patch and some other shit. I'll try to find pics and post them if i can

>>29751991
Damn that's wild. Is there anything still there? Yeah and plz post pics, sounds amazing

kind of depressing to see rare vehicles left to become rust

>>29752023
I doubt anything is still there. I cant find the pictures right off the bat but they might be on an old hdd or some shit. If this thread archives ill make a new one for you to post them

>>29752396
Damn man I guess that's just how it do. Cool thanks.

>>29751908
Not everyone is blessed with bruce lee genes mr. asianon.

>>29752455
FOUND EM! files are too big so ill need to edit them a bit. stay with me for a bit

>>29751276
Fat guy here, I can kinda do it. I did karate as a kid and we did a lot of squatting. It's all about dem calves man.

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>>29752570
Begining dump
This was the parking lot

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>>29752708
This was the first hangar, the cat's name was hitler since he had a hitler mustache

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>>29752738
oldest tank in collection, an m1917 from ww1

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>>29752754

>>29752495
mfw https://youtu.be/LQfzvQFTtEw?t=37s

>>29752708
>>29752738
>>29752754
>All that russian armor
>hitler cat
I already know this place is the shit

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>>29752805
They found the panther in polish innawoods lake a couple years ago and it was 200% fucked up. They completely fixed it and it works and there was a documentary done about it somewhere

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>>29752856
interior of panther

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>>29752946

>>29752946
Oh babby so clean and well-maintained

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>>29752959

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>>29752995
original sdkfz from ww2, one of 6 in the world (probably less now) that actually run

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>>29753015
abrams trainer turret and at gun

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>>29753036

>>29753036
>Anything abrams
>Inna museum

R A R E
A
R
E

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>>29753050
theres also a second launcher in the background of the sdkfz 222 pic

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>>29753052
>>29753082
The gun was "deactivated" and "on loan" from dod but in case of emergency was to be reactivated and returned, so basically a working abrams turret

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>>29753136
This was the owner's favorite until he died in 09. Works perfectly except for gun. Thats all for now but i have shittons more ill post tomorow if you guys want. Ask any questions too

>>29753152
Can attest to the amazingness of climbing in/on the sheridan. Most fun to screw around in. Nice size, aesthetically pleasing, driver's bottom escape hatch, funky cannon. Has it all

>>29753152
I want to know everything you know about that Sheridan. Every detail, every little thing. I love them.

>>29753218
I don't remember much about this one sadly. Littlefield loved the Sheridan and he got it from government surplus (?) and drove it around on the 4th of July and stuff. I have photos of many other rares so you guys can request away

>>29751237
Terrific stuff OP. Shame about the rotten state of the breeches, I was quite interested in seeing them up close.
I'm actually amazed at the eclecticism of what I imagined from your description to be a rather small museum, it seems to have a little bit of history from all places and eras of tanks.

I thank you greatly OP.

>>29751237
he is in CT at the new England armor museum by the way aswome place has a shot up mbt70

>>29751916
>XM800T WRONG new england amror museum in CT

>>29751839
L O N D O N

>>29754884
Anon was asking about patch, not where op was

>>29754760
Aaaaaay it's /thg/ guy. I'm honored lol.

But for real, yeah we were all surprised by what they had too. And thank you for the threads my man.