A couple years ago I scanned a set of old photos I had of the vehicles at Aberdeen Proving Grounds and posted them on my old blog. I have moved them over here where they will be more accessible. While the quality of these pictures is not great, they do give an idea of how the vehicles were displayed circa 1981. I’m starting with the pictures from “Tank Boulevard” which was a long row of US vehicles set up chronologically along Maryland Boulevard as one entered the base.
- Entrance Sign
- Heavy Tank MKVIII 1919
- Gun 75mm Self-Propelled M1920 1921
- Gun 4.7in Self-Propelled MK X 1922 (currently located at Fort Sill Artillery Museum)
- Medium Tank Mod. A 1922
- Light Tank T1E2 1929
- Medium Tank T2 1929
- Medium Tank Christie T3 1931
- Medium Tank T4 1936
- Light Tank M2A3 1938 (The M2A3 designation on the sign in incorrect. The Ordinance Museum has since correctly identified this vehicle as a M2A2E3)
- Medium Tank M2A1 1939
- Half Track 75mm M3A1 1941
- Light Tank Stuart M3 1941
- Heavy Tank M6A2 1941
- Medium Tank M3A1 1941
- Medium Tank M3A5 1942
- Medium Tank M7 1941
- Howitzer 105mm M7 1942
- Gun 155mm M12 1942
- Light Tank M5A1 1942
- Light Tank M5A1 1942
- Medium Tank Sherman M4A4 1942
- Tank Destroyer 105mm M18 1943
- Tank Destroyer M18 1943
- Gun Carrier M36 1943
- Light Tank Locust M22 1943
- Light Tank M24 1943
- Howitzer 155mm M41 1944
- Gun 155mm Long Tom M40 1944
- Medium Tank Sherman M4A1 1944
- Medium Tank Sherman M4A2 1944
- Medium Tank Sherman M4A3E8 1944
- Recovery Tank M32A1 1944
- Medium Tank Pershing M26 1945
- Heavy Tank T30 1945
- Light Tank T37 1949
- Heavy TankT54 1951
- Medium Tank Patton M48 1952
- Gun 40mm Duster M42 1953
- Recovery Vehicle M51 1953
- Howitzer 8inch M55 1956
- Light Tank T92 1957
- Heavy Tank M103 1957
- Light Tank T42 1959
- Combat Tank M60 1960
- Assault Vehicle Sheridan M551 1964
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