Soddball Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 Here's some photos from Bovington. I trawled round it with my friend Tom, who's in a few of the pictures. My apologies for the funny lighting in some of them. The WW2 section is pretty cramped, too - mind you - anywhere with 50 armoured vehicles in it is likely to be cramped. Many thanks to Gyrene for hosting the pictures. I won't put them all on the forums, since there's nearly 30 of them, but will just post a handful, and in honour of our upcoming release, I've picked the Russians: T-26 model 1933 with a Panzer II in the background. SU-76M in winter camo. SU-100 Some notes: The M4A1 prototype you can see on the site has two extra machine guns, fixed firing forward in the hull - hence the 'prototype' tag. The Italian L3-33 flamethrower vehicle is tiny (about 3 feet high) and the flame only had a range of around 40m. The crews were advised not to fire the flamethrower whilst on the move to ensure they didn't set light to themselves. :eek: The Kingtiger has my friend Tom standing in front of him. Tom is 5'9" tall. How's that for a huge tank? I hope you enjoy the pictures. More posts to follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wacky Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 Forgetting something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Oberst Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 Originally posted by Soddball: The Kingtiger has my friend Tom standing in front of him. Tom is 5'9" tall. How's that for a huge tank? Scrawny little bugger isn't he... not the tank, but Tom. Of course, one's perspective gets a little skewed when at 6' 3", I'm the scrawniest male in my family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyrene Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 Originally posted by Captain Wacky: Forgetting something?Yes...He forgot to post The Link Gyrene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runyan99 Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 What does that say on the turret of the KV-1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soddball Posted August 19, 2002 Author Share Posted August 19, 2002 Oh, hush. I was in a rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John D Salt Posted August 20, 2002 Share Posted August 20, 2002 Originally posted by Runyan99: What does that say on the turret of the KV-1?Leningrad! From Leningrad women to the front. All the best, John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auggy Posted August 20, 2002 Share Posted August 20, 2002 How'd the crewmen in that L3-33 fit inside there? Looks alittle shrimpish to me. I'm guessing a 2 man crew? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patolino Posted August 20, 2002 Share Posted August 20, 2002 What the heck are those smileys on the SU-100? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabpub Posted August 20, 2002 Share Posted August 20, 2002 I believe that is Egyptian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zee Posted August 20, 2002 Share Posted August 20, 2002 That T-26 has a finnish cross on the left side, but in display stand unfront of the tank shows the soviet flag... hmm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnergoz Posted August 20, 2002 Share Posted August 20, 2002 Bovington was the closest thing I've ever had to a religious experience, next to the Chino (Calif) warbirds airshow I saw in '81. All armor buffs must make this pilgrimage to the Mecca of Mech! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyrene Posted August 20, 2002 Share Posted August 20, 2002 Originally posted by gunnergoz: Bovington was the closest thing I've ever had to a religious experience, next to the Chino (Calif) warbirds airshow I saw in '81. All armor buffs must make this pilgrimage to the Mecca of Mech!It's been a while since 1981, but you might recognize some of the planes seen here Gyrene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Harrison Posted August 20, 2002 Share Posted August 20, 2002 I can only wish that someday the west coast USA will get a half decent war museum . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soddball Posted August 22, 2002 Author Share Posted August 22, 2002 *bump* to make sure everyone who wants to can have a look! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted August 22, 2002 Share Posted August 22, 2002 Why does the SU-76 have a grill across the driver's hatch? Were the tourists tossing hamburger wrappers in there? That SU-100 is juicy! Gotta get one of those! Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted August 22, 2002 Share Posted August 22, 2002 What's the beast in the background of the SU-100 pic? Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hastur_swe Posted August 22, 2002 Share Posted August 22, 2002 Nice pictures! I must go there some day.. Cheers Jesper [ August 22, 2002, 12:24 PM: Message edited by: Hastur_swe ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soddball Posted August 23, 2002 Author Share Posted August 23, 2002 Michael, the beast behind the SU-100 is a 'Tortoise', a post-war British built SP gun. It's huge. I will email a photo over to you if you want a closer look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soddball Posted August 23, 2002 Author Share Posted August 23, 2002 A few more for the monkeys who can't click on the link.... Panzer II: Panzer II Luchs: Panzer IIIL: Panzer IV: Panzer V G: Panzer VI: And yes, that is the same Tiger Wittman used, except his had more holes in it. King Tiger: I have 1280x1024 shots of all photos which are 300k apiece. If any of you want the full-size ones, for wallpaper or modding, let me know and I'll email them over to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 Originally posted by Soddball: Michael, the beast behind the SU-100 is a 'Tortoise'...I kind of thought so, but there wasn't enough showing to get a definite ID. Funny looking muzzle brake on it. What gun did it have? I've forgotten, a 20pdr? Do you have any information on where the IIIL was captured? Very nice pics, BTW. Some of the best I've seen of this kind of thing. Makes me wish I could get into the Museum for a week or so! Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soddball Posted August 24, 2002 Author Share Posted August 24, 2002 The Tortoise carried a 3.7" 32pdr gun and its maximum armour was 279mm. :eek: There's a good link here if you want some more information on it. This quote on the performance of the 32pdr from the site above: 32 Pounder Performance "Whilst visiting the Bovington Library I made a few quick notes on the performance of the 32-pdr taken from the report of the tank trials dated May-July 1948. Preliminary trials gave penetration of Panther armour at 950 yards at 30 degrees. Subsequent testing at 1350 yards (again against a Panther) had the following results: Shot 1 plugged the armour. Shot 2 shot away the lower section of the gun mantlet with the deflected shot lifting the drivers plate 3-4 inches the shot ending up under the turret floor. Shot 3 coincided with a previous round. Shots 4 and 5 caused considerable fragmentation inside the turret The observation of shot was said to be better than that of the Centurion and the performance of 32-pdr APCBC being considered better than that of 20-pdr APDS." --------- The Panzer IIIL was captured in North Africa - but that's the best I can do, I'm afraid. There were no signs of penetration although it had some ricochet marks. I can only assume it was abandoned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted August 24, 2002 Share Posted August 24, 2002 Thanks, Soddy. I sort of thought the IIIL might have come from NA. If it was at el Alamein, it may have well run out of gas. If in tunisia...well, who knows? I could be interesting to pit one of these in a duel with a Sherman. Perhaps it can be done in CMBB... Michael [ August 24, 2002, 05:46 PM: Message edited by: Michael emrys ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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