folke Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 I must share some photos thaken at the visit to Bovington. Great place to visit. Only wish it wouldn't be so far from Sweden.. Photo gallery A few are named, but then I runned out of "time" Btw, working on the compare thingie on the cmakdb now. It should be live in a week or so. [ October 02, 2004, 02:40 PM: Message edited by: folke ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mace Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 Some nice photos there, Folke. Thanks for sharing. Mace 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rleete Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 Very nice. Brought back a lot of fond memories. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarkus Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 Nice pictures there. But what is this Paint scheme ?!? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaws Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 Thanks for sharing. Ik will go there next summer:) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cos Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 Nice pictures, they provide plenty of light there for pictures. Of course I wish Bovington wasn't so far from the USA too 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 Aaaahhh, Sweeeet! Thanks for the fine pics! One day in April 1992 I drove past the entrance and thought... I'm in the UK, I really should stop here. I asked the 3 girls I was travelling with if they'd like to stop and check out some tanks... They just looked at me... 12 years later my missus says, "Sure we coulda stopped. We woulda just picked you up later..." What was it C.S. Lewis said? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 Originally posted by Tarkus: Nice pictures there. But what is this Paint scheme ?!? I dunno, but it's an M5, not an M3. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FerretHead Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 Nice photos. I like the way you kept going back to the King Tiger! Is that Tiger I the one that has been restored to running condition? A while back I went to the armoured museum in Saumur France. They have some excellent stuff there - including a King Tiger and a Panther in running condition. Had a day there with a mate - took 400 photos between us. As soon as I would out how to get them onto the net, I'll post a link. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
folke Posted October 3, 2004 Author Share Posted October 3, 2004 Originally posted by FerretHead: Nice photos. I like the way you kept going back to the King Tiger! Is that Tiger I the one that has been restored to running condition? A while back I went to the armoured museum in Saumur France. They have some excellent stuff there - including a King Tiger and a Panther in running condition. Had a day there with a mate - took 400 photos between us. As soon as I would out how to get them onto the net, I'll post a link. If you would you could post them on the gallery on my site. Yes it's the Tiger 131 that was restored. Pretty impressive piece of machinery. [ October 03, 2004, 12:25 PM: Message edited by: folke ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
folke Posted October 3, 2004 Author Share Posted October 3, 2004 Originally posted by Michael Emrys: I dunno, but it's an M5, not an M3. Michael My misstake.. Fixed 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravy Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 Nice pictures folke. Thanks. In this outside shot I see some smoke around the M4. Was it firing a demonstration round? M4 tank Do they have any tanks at the museum that you could climb inside? Rob 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 What are the devices mounted on top of the turret front on that beige Pz III? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakthrough Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 Nice of you to share the pics. Gotta get over there! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rleete Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 Redwolf, those are Jerry cans. Fuel or water. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cos Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 Originally posted by rleete: Redwolf, those are Jerry cans. Fuel or water. I hope water, that be a nasty suprise full of fuel and getting hit with them on top of the turret. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 Originally posted by Cos: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by rleete: Redwolf, those are Jerry cans. Fuel or water. I hope water, that be a nasty suprise full of fuel and getting hit with them on top of the turret. </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarkus Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 Also, I wonder if anyone ever felt safe driving around the battlefield into one of those. Look pretty thin to me. In any case, the quality and current state of the various pieces is outstanding. Very well preserved. Remind me of a Pz IV (ausf J IIRC) in Saumur, look as if it drove straight out of the factory into the museum. It's good to know some people are dedicated at preserving these pieces of hardware. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soddball Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 Originally posted by gravy: Nice pictures folke. Thanks. In this outside shot I see some smoke around the M4. Was it firing a demonstration round? M4 tank Do they have any tanks at the museum that you could climb inside? Rob That's just the smoke from the engine. The main gun makes loads more smoke than that. They have a couple of cutaway tanks that you can look inside but nothing where you can really get inside. I've been to Bovington twice now. My pictures came out much worse than Folke's because I suck at taking photos and I have a cheaparse camera with a poor flash. You'd be amazed just how bad the lighting is for photography inside the main buildings. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arax3 Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 Thanks: Nice people there!! A3 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimly Fiendish Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 Gorgeous! I want to cry. What the hell is a Tortoise? A-googling I shall go . . . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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