Ok, this will be a record for me for most pics posted that I’ve taken in a single thread. I took these pics in July, but it’s taken me a while to get them all posted with 44k dialup. I know I’ve told a few of you about the tank museum before in the past, and you guys thought it was really cool, so I wanted to take a bunch of pics for you guys. I hadn’t been back there since I’ve had my digital camera.

For those who are new, this tank museum is about 15 miles from my house. Once a year in the summer they have a military show, and people come and sell parts for military vehicles, and some other military gear from long ago. This show occurred a day or two after I got my #4 Scrap Yard challenge coin, so I was sure to pose with it in several pictures. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

To keep people from trying to break in after hours, they have a large female African lion that’s a pet named Tara. At night they let her roam the building loose to prevent break-ins. And you thought coming face to face with a large dog was bad! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Hey Dan, if you’re ever drivin’ through to Ohio and want to see it in person, lemme know and I’ll tell you how to find it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Here’s some Jeeps and a 6x6s.


Here’s some of the venders who are set up.


The other direction of the previous pic.


This is a 1908 Anderson (town where the museum is) It’s a two cylinder 14 horsepower engine with a 4 ¼ bore and a 4 inch stroke that displaces 113.5 cubic inches. The wheels are wood, and it had a top speed of 30 mph. It originally cost $575 and was made by the Anderson Carriage Company. There are only a few of these known left to exist.


This is a 1922 1 ¼ ton Speedwagon. It has a 30 hp 4 cyl engine with a top speed of 35 mph. 13,599 were built for $1435 each. This is believed to be the last 1922 1 ¼ REO Speedwagon left.


Big Gun.


A couple small tanks.


Armored Vehicle.


And a few of them.


This is a 1917 6 ton tank. It weighs 7.25 tons. It held a 2 man crew and was armed with a 30 cal Marlin Rockwell and armor .25 - .6 inches thick. It has a 4 cyl water cooled engine with a top speed of 3.4 mph. It is 16’ 5” long and 7’ 7” tall.


Here’s a large cannon.
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Some more stuff that was for sale inside.
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More stuff for sale with some trucks in the background.
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Some bayonets that were for sale. I thought knives lovers might like to see them.
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And some more bayonets.
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A row of tanks.
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Oooo…a Colt machine gun.
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A Jeep and a tank.
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A tank.
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Jeep and some tanks.
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Down the barrel of a large tank.
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And the bottom portion of it.
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More guns and stuff.
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A dune buggy! More tanks in the background.
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More Jeeps and a tank.
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A row of tanks.
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This is a 1941 M19A1. It has a 2-Cad 110 hp V8 engine with a top speed of 35 mph and holds a 6 man crew. It weighs 38,500 pounds, is 17’ 11” long, 9’ 4” wide and 9’ 9.5” high. It is armed with 2 40mm Bofers.
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Another row of tanks.
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A tank with a spotlight on it.
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A tank and a 6x6.
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The back of a tank.
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And a little closer.
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A tank that turns into a bridge. Wow! Like a Transformer or something. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
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More tanks, a Mule, and the dune buggy.
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A generator, bike with sidecar, part of a tank.
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And the rest of it. Oh yeah, that’s right, the big one. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
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Down a row of tanks. That’s my drink I sat down on the bench while taking the pics.
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A row of tanks.
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Two tanks.
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This one has a dozer blade on it.
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Another tank.
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Inside the open door.
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And closer.
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The bridge tank.
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A missle.
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Another tank.
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A row of tanks.
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Inside an armored personal carrier. The kind you sometimes see on the news that a SWAT team or Sheriff department has.
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And the back seat.
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A tank.
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Motorcycle with sidecar, field office, and radio room.
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More guns.
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A very large tank with a spent shell on top of it.
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Another tank.
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A row of tanks.
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This is another pic of the 1917 six ton tank.
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And a view inside it.
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And the other direction.
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Missile.
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This is a 1936-1939 BMW R12. It is armed with a M30 machine gun.
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More guns.
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A cut away view of a barrel.
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Tanks and a very large tank engine.
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Several of these tanks were used in the movie “The Siege” with Bruce Willis and Denzel Washington. This billboard has photos from the set during filming of the movie.
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Here is the shell from the very large tank with my Scrap Yard challenge coin for scale.
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A cut away engine.
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A view out front of the tank museum. There’s a helicopter, a howitzer, a 6x6, and a couple armored personal carriers.
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Some big guns. I bet the neighbors across the street aren’t gun hating sheeple. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
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And a view the other direction.
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Big guns.
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And some more.
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A view of the buildings, large missile and 6x6.
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The helicopter.
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Big guns.
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A different angle.
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Looking down the barrel.
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A couple armored personal carriers. The Tippman banner is because they open the grounds to paintballers for a fee.
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Now that’s good camo on a tank. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
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Bang!
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Me with my Scrap Yard challenge coin, Shaker and HRLM.
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Big guns.
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Me in front of large missile.
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An airplane. About 10 years ago I walked into that propeller and whacked my head on the edge of a blade. That really hurt. I later told the story to a group of people, and one of them said, “Wow, was it running?” *Sigh* I thought. Didn’t they see what happened to the guy in Indiana Jones?
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Cockpit of the plane.
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Another angle.
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Me in front of some big guns.
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Me with the Colt machine gun.
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Me in front of the Abrams.
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Me in front of a tank.
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Me with an armored personal carrier that I showed you pics inside of above.
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And me in front of it.
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Me in front of a row of tanks.
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Me and a tank.
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Me and a big tank with the spent shell.
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Me with a large tank engine. It’s nearly the size of a small car!
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Me with the canon.
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Me with a large gun.
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Me with a 1942-1944 half track made by White Motor Company. It held a crew of 6 and weighed 15,320 pounds. It’s 19’ 6” long, 73.5” wide, and 75” high. It has a White 150 AX6 cyl 4 speed engine with high/low range and 348 HP with a max speed of 40 mph.
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Me with a 6x6.
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Some vendors selling things. That’s my Dad on the right foreground.
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More sellers and my Dad on the left.
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More stuff for sale, and my Dad again. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
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Some guns a guy was selling.
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A BMW motorcycle.
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I took this picture because at the time we were discussing bayonets at Scrap Yard, and I believe it was Knife Party ? Who said he never knew bayonets were used on shotguns in war, so I took this picture of a manual for a M1897 model 12 gauge Winchester shotgun from WW II to show him.
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Me in front of a Jeep.
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And me in front of another Jeep.
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I dunno about you, but if the $h!t ever hits the fan, I know where I’m goin’. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Great post Andy, thanks for taking the time and effort to write down the neat facts and cool stuff that we needed to know about those pieces. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif" alt="" />

That was just like being there! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Loved it!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Tell your Dad to quit smoking because you love him. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif" alt="" />

Peace!

Great pics!!! Thanks for posting them. I would love to get my hands on one of those spent casings, it would be great for a man room decoration.

That is a very cool place! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Thanks for the tour....now I want to go for real!

Great stuff - thanks for sharing. I like the Dune Buggy.

Thank you Andy for posting the pics! Very nice!

If any of you get a chance check out the D-Day Museum in New Orleans!@

Wow, that's a lot of pictures, Andy. Thanks for posting them. BTW: the "tank" with the really big gun is a self-propelled gun and the "tank" that opens in the back is an armored personnel carrier. But most folks just call all armored tracked vehicles "tanks". Lot of tanks there, for sure. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Great pics! What knives are you carrying in the pics? One on your side and one around your neck.

i think my computer exploded

yah wow, but thank you lots for the pics

It looks like one could spend a month there and not see it all. Thanks for the great pictures.