Armor for the Ages: Type 95 Ha-Go

August 8, 2016 by 2 Comments

Type9502Armor for the Ages website has created a new page and photo gallery for the Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go light tank that is kept at the National Armor and Cavalry Museum collection at Fort Benning GA.  This particular vehicle was one of two captured by the U.S. Army’s 40th Infantry Division in the Philippines in 1945.  It was brought back to the US and resided in California for a while before being transferred to the Patton Museum.  A more complete history of the vehicle can be read at the AFTA website here.

Two photo galleries of this tank can be viewed at the AFTA website.  Click on the picture to go to the gallery page.

Gallery One (exterior pictures)

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Gallery Two (interior pictures)

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If you would like to support the work documented by Armor for the Ages, consider donating to either the Patton Museum or the National Armor and Cavalry Museum Foundation.

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Armor for the Ages: PzKpfw II

May 12, 2016 by Leave a Comment

AFTA pz IIArmor for the Ages website has created a new page and photo gallery for the Pz II tank that is kept at the National Armor and Cavalry Museum collection at Fort Benning GA.  This particular vehicle was captured by US forces in Tunisia in 1943 and was kept at the Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Grounds for many years.  In 1989 it was loaned to the Auto and Technik Museum in Sinsheim Germany where an automotive restoration of the vehicle was performed.  After over a decade in Germany, the vehicle was shipped back to the US.  A more complete history of the vehicle can be read at the AFTA website here.

To view the vehicle photo gallery, click on the image below.

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Armor for the Ages Marder II page

April 21, 2016 by Leave a Comment

The Armor for the Ages website has been updated with a new page on the two  German WWII era Marder II tank destroyers at Fort Benning.  The page includes a description and history of the vehicles as well as two photo galleries.  The photos show quite a bit of interior detail of the vehicles and should prove rather useful to anyone working on a model of a Marder II.

Excerpt:

MarderIItext03The subject of this article is one of two Marder IIs shipped to the United States after having been surrendered in Austria to the U.S. forces as the war ended. One was sent to the Aberdeen Proving Grounds (APG) while the other was sent to the Armor School Museum at Fort Knox which eventually became the Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor. Both Marders were part of the 1. Panzer Division in its Panzer Aufklärungs Abteilung (reconnaissance  battalion).  The 1. Panzer Division was listed as still having 12 Marder IIs as of March 1945.

Read the full article and view the galleries here.

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Armor for the Ages: Churchill Crocodile

January 18, 2016 by Leave a Comment

AFTA crocThe Armor for the Ages website has posted a new article on the history of the Churchill Crocodile tank that was part of the Patton Museum collection.  This vehicle currently resides at Fort Benning.  The article includes links to three photo galleries which show the vehicle at various stages of the restoration process.  British armor fans are sure to find these galleries (1, 2, 3) of interest.  According to the site:

Little is known about the Churchill Crocodile in this article. It once was part of the Tony Budge collection in Retford, Nottinghamshire, England. Mr. Budge assembled a huge collection of military vehicles in the 1980’s and 90’s but was sold off when his company, Budge Industries, was forced to downsize after financial problems. According to former Patton Museum curator Charles Lemons, the Crocodile was acquired in a Title X trade with the Center for Military History and it became part of the Patton Museum collection. It is now in storage at the Armor and Cavalry collection at Fort Benning.

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Armor for the Ages Tiger II article and gallery

December 18, 2015 by Leave a Comment

TigerIItext05The Armor for the Ages website has posted a new article on the history of the Tiger II tank that was stored at Aberdeen Proving Grounds for many years until it was restored at the Patton Museum in 1992.  This vehicle currently resides at Fort Benning.  The article includes links to four photo galleries which show the vehicle at various stages of the restoration process.  German armor fans are sure to find these galleries of interest.

Link to Armor for the Ages Tiger II page here.

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Armor for the Ages: SdKfz 234/4

July 7, 2015 by Leave a Comment

armor for the agesThe Armor for the Ages website has recently updated their website, adding a new article to their Military Vehicles section. These articles describe the various vehicles and weapons that are now in the National Armor and Cavalry Museum (NACM) or the Patton Museum of Leadership. Some of these vehicles were once in the Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor collection before being transferred to NACM while others came from the Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) collection.The new article describes the German SdKfz 234/4 armored car. The unit this vehicle was assigned to during World War II has never been officially known until now. Recently acquired photographic evidence proves that the 234/4 was once part of Panzerkorps Feldherrnhalle and was surrendered to U.S. forces in southern Czechoslovakia in 1945.  The article is accompanied by two photo galleries of the vehicle.

Armor for the Ages SdKfz 234/4 article

SdKfz 234/4 Photo Gallery Number One and Photo Gallery Number Two

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Armor for the Ages launches updated website

April 9, 2015 by Leave a Comment

armor for the agesThe folks at Armor for the Ages have launched a new version of their website.  Armor for the Ages (AFTA) mission is to provide information on the General George Patton Museum of Leadership at Fort Knox, Kentucky and the National Armor & Cavalry Museum (NACM) at Fort Benning, Georgia and the volunteer programs that serve both institutions along with news on projects, events and exhibits.  Information about the volunteer programs can be found in the volunteer section of the AFTA site.  AFTA also offers information on the vehicles and weapons that have been or are currently in these museums’ collections. Currently the AFTA site contains profiles for the Panther G, T28 GMC, StuG IIIG, JagdTiger and Sturmpanzer as well as vehicle restoration projects Cobra King, SdKfz 251D/9 and the Patton Command Van.  The AFTA site also includes descriptions of the different iterations of the Patton Museum at Fort Knox.  Over the past 15 years there have been a number of changes concerning the location and public accessibility of historic armored vehicles in the US.  The AFTA website is a valuable resource for people wanting to learn more about the changes affecting these vehicle collections at the Fort Knox and Fort Benning locations.

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