64 thoughts on “MVTF photos”

1. Hm, somehow I see much more love put into these vehicles compared to other museums.
   Judging on the photos ofc.

   • well it’s private collection….

     • Why the HELL would one put an M3 LEE in their PRIVATE collection? :O Guess he hasnt played WoT

       • Don’t use a video game to determine the IRL performance of a vehicle.

         • It sucks IRL As well…

           • lolz you wish it sucked. Listy would say otherwise.
             http://overlord-wot.blogspot.com/2013/07/lee-to-serve.html

         • IRL it was nicknamed “Mass Grave”.

           • That’s because it was used in Russia when at that point it was obsolete. That’s like saying that the T-34 sucked because it did horribly in the Middle East.

2. Impressive height difference between T-55 and Sherman. Gotta compare them in WoT Viewer.

   • The whole tank seems to be just as high as the Sherman’s hull.
     Frontal drive and radial engines make for an awfully high target.

     • http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/5852/a6yv.jpg

       Something looks a bit of scale here…

       • Russian bias, you know…

         • You’re looking at the picture from an angle. It may look like it’s on the same height as the Sherman’s hull, when in reality it’s higher.

3. The ARV on top is an M88.

   • Ye thanks

4. The 5th picture is of some variant of the Scorpion chassis.

   • Yup, one of the Scorpion family, might be this:

     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FV106_Samson

     • Looks like a 432 APC to me

     • Probably the APC version, can’t remember what it was called.

5. that spg on 4th picture looks like M107

   • or M110
     but i dont see muzzlebreak (m07 dont have any… so it looks like that on picture IS M107)

6. Was this the jacques littlefield collection?

   • Well, he established the foundation, so I think yes.

7. The ARV might be a M88 (in Germany called Bergepanzer 1). The SPG is a M107 175mm-Howitzer.

   • Ahh thanks mate

     • Tank on first photo is T-62, not T-54.

   • M107 has a 203mm gun dude

     • forget what i said :D, the M110 has the 203….
       been playing too much WG air land battle :)

8. why does the UFP of the panther have those ridges? it looks like its not one piece of metal.

   • Zimmerit coating

     • For those who don’t know what it is: It’s a non-magnetic coating applied to the tanks to protect against magnetically-attached anti-tank mines.

       • Fixed:

         For those who don’t know what it is: It’s a coating that was very heat-resillient but didn’t actually do a lot.

         http://tankarchives.blogspot.nl/2013/08/on-zimmerit.html

         • All that shows is that Zimmerit can’t hold off an extra-large magnet that has no additional weight to support, i.e. it’s not a magical substance that completely cancels all magnetic properties.
           It’d be more interesting and telling if there was an *actual* magnetic AT mine stuck to the tank without problems.

           • Kinda irrelevant since nobody but the Germans themselves (and IIRC the Japanese) used such mines anyway. The Soviets issued their infantry big-ass shaped-charge antitank hand grenades instead.

           • That it was unnecessary is a different issue from whether or not it would have worked at all, though.

9. In the middle is Pz I as we can see on other (earlier) photo :)

   • Aaaa sry there is one other thing between Pz I and Stuar, some strange one looking ;)

     • I think it’s one of British light tanks, MK V or something. There’s a better view on their web page, rotate the camera: http://www.mvtf.org/pan_page.php?vehicle=b1-2_4824&vehiclename=Building%201%20View%202

       • It’s a Vickers-Armstrongs Mk VI light tank. Love those little buggers.

         • I’m not sure it is, never seen a Vickers Mk. VI with twin MGs. Could be wrong though, but maybe an export variant?

           • Edit: You’re right, I was looking at the Pz. I’s turret.

10. “And yet again, not sure what this is”

    It’s an Alvis Stormer

    • Sorry it’s Alvis Spartan I miss counted the road wheels.

      • One more time it is easy to check the museums own list, = Samson ARV (FV106 Samson).

        The Sonderkraftfahrzeug, again according to the museums own inventory list, they have Sdkfz 8 and 10, and it is not Sdkfz 10.

11. Think the 5th one is a FV106 Samson.

12. The “I don’t know what it is” is a FV103 Spartan.

13. The 5th picture is a CVR(T), most likely the Spartan

14. The thing between the stuart and the Renault is a romanian tank.

    • Nope. http://ftr.wot-news.com/2013/08/29/mvtf-photos/#comment-29862

15. The ARV on top is an M88 , the spg is a M107

16. The collection even contains a tank from the GDR! :D

17. Matilda has wrong camo! It’s not historical.

18. They even have a SCUD Launcher with a dummy missile. wow!

19. First Photo T62 Not T54

    • It really isn’t T62

      • look at wheels
        there is no space between first an 2nd wheel (like all t54/t55 and clones have)

        • it is t62
          who dont believe:

          http://www.mishalov.net/military-vehicles/pictures/img_2000.html

20. Before the panzer I, is that a rusted out Grant behind that unnamed tank?

21. guy is awesome
    he have tanks from pz1 to scud launcher or M103A2
    more photos: http://www.mishalov.net/military-vehicles/military-vehicles.html

22. Damn commie americans dare to write “For Stalin” on their tanks111 xD

23. And yet again, not sure what this is = FV106 Samson
    Heavy German tractor, presumably Sdkfz 8? = Sonderkraftfahrzeug 8

    Picture 11 from the back, Renault F17, Pzkfw1, >>Vickers Mark VI<<, M5 Stuart and Panzer Ausf. A in front.
    Check the museums own list.

24. Great pics, thanks.

25. >notice the “For Stalin” inscription on the T-34
    And admire how the Yanks don’t give a fuck about it and stop saying “Americans and Europeans” care about Stalin inscriptions when it’s just you former Warsaw pact dudes.

26. Oh man, Panzer IVG, Panther, Super Sherman, early Russian MBTs… Why can’t a place like this be near where I live?

    Anyone know what that khaki painted tank in the far back of pic 14 is? Looks pretty neat.