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The M3 Stuart, officially Light Tank, M3, was an American light tank of World War II. An improved version entered service as M5. It was supplied to British and other Commonwealth forces under lend-lease prior to the entry of the U.S. into the war.
Thereafter, it was used by U.S. and Allied forces until the end of the war.
This Light Tank M5A1 Stuart Mark VI is at the Tank Museum at Bovington.
Another photograph of the Light Tank M5A1 Stuart Mark VI from an earlier visit to Bovington.
This M9A1 armoured half-track was on display at Bovington.
The M9 half-track was a half-track produced by International Harvester in the United States during World War II for lend-lease supply to the Allies. It was designed to provide a similar vehicle to the M2 half-track car.
It had the same body and chassis as the M5 half-track but had the same stowage and radio fit as the M2 half-track. 3500 were produced by the end of World War II.
The M9A1 variant of the M9 matched the improvements made to the M2, M3, and M5, changing to ring mount machine gun mount and three pintle machine gun mounts.
Morris Light Reconnaissance Car (LRC) was a British light armoured car for reconnaissance use produced by Morris Motors Limited and used by the British during the Second World War.
This Morris Light Reconnaissance Car was on display at Bovington Tank Museum.
The vehicle was used in the North African, Italian and in North-West Europe campaigns. Some served with the RAF Regiment, others were given to Polish units.
Over two thousand were built.
The M4 Sherman, officially Medium Tank, M4, was the most widely used medium tank by the United States and Western Allies in World War II.
The M4A4 was the most common lend lease Sherman type used by the British Army.
This Sherman M4A4 tank was on display at The Tank Museum.
A Sherman M4A4 tank was on display at the Imperial War Museum in London.
I have posted a few photographs on the blog of Simon’s 15mm British Sherman tanks he has painted for Flames of War.
This M10 was on display at Bovington.
The M10 tank destroyer was an American tank destroyer of World War II. The prototype of the M10 was conceived in early 1942, being delivered in April of that year.
After appropriate changes to the hull and turret were made, the modified version was selected for production in June 1942 as the 3-inch Gun Motor Carriage M10. It mounted a 3-inch (76.2 mm) Gun M7 in a rotating turret on a modified M4A2 Sherman tank chassis.
On a previous visit the M10 Tank Destroyer was painted in winter camouflage.
I have a few 15mm Flames of War Self Propelled, Achilles, of the British variant of the American M10 Tank destroyer armed with the powerful British Ordnance QF 17 pounder anti-tank gun in place of the standard 3″ (76.2 mm) Gun M7.
The T17E1 Armoured Car was an American armored car manufactured during the Second World War. It saw service with British and other Commonwealth forces during the war under the name Staghound, but was never used on the front line by US forces.
A number of other countries used the Staghound after the war; some vehicles continued to serve until the 1980s.
The Jagdtiger (Hunting Tiger) is a German casemate-type heavy tank destroyer of World War II. It was built upon the slightly lengthened chassis of a Tiger II.
The 72-tonne Jagdtiger was the heaviest armored fighting vehicle used operationally by any nation in WWII and the heaviest combat vehicle of any type to be produced during the conflict. It was armed with a 12.8 cm Pak 44 L/55 main gun which could out-range and defeat any AFV fielded by the Allied forces.
It saw brief service in small numbers from late 1944 until the end of the war on both the Western and Eastern Front. Although 150 were ordered, only around 80 were produced. Due to an excessive weight and an underpowered drivetrain system, the Jagdtiger was plagued with mobility and mechanical problems.
The Tank Museum’s Jagdtiger was abandoned and captured by the Americans in Paderborn in April 1945. Although it had been captured by the Americans, after the war Paderborn became part of the British Zone of Occupation. Both the Jagdtiger and the Pre-production King Tiger now in the Tank Museum were seen at Haustenbeck by British Ministry of Supply Researchers on the 25th August 1945.
After being tested at Sennelager it was sent to the School of Tank Technology at Chertsey in the UK before arriving at the Tank Museum in 1952. It is missing its rear engine plate cover, its third suspension unit and two road wheels on its left hand side but still retains its original Zimmerit anti-magnetic mine paste.
The Tank, Cruiser, Ram was a cruiser tank designed and built by Canada in the Second World War, based on the U.S. M3 Medium tank chassis. Due to standardization on the American Sherman tank for frontline units, it was used exclusively for training purposes and was never used in combat as a gun tank.
This Ram tank was at Bovington.
Another photograph of the Ram tank.
This SdKfz 234/3 was on display at Bovington.
The Sd Kfz 234 family was made up of four vehicles, each with different armament. They were built late in the war and had better armour and mobility than previous armoured cars, however, only 478 were built in total.
The Sd Kfz 234/3 variant was used to give fire support to more lightly armed scout vehicles.
This one was captured at the end of the war in full working order and later used in mobility tests against more modern vehicles.
The Tiger II (or as was informally known to the Germans who fought in it, Königstiger), was a 70 tonne heavy tank.
It was first used in combat with s.H.Pz.Abt. 503 during the Normandy campaign on 11 July 1944.
This Tiger II was at Bovington.
The Museum’s Tiger II was built in July 1944 by Henschel and given Fahrgestell Nummer (chassis number) 280093. It was abandoned on the 29th or 30th August, most likely at Aux Marais, a community on the outskirts of Beauvais around 15 miles further North-East. It has also long been believed that this tank was fired on, possibly after it was abandoned, by the Sherman commanded by Sergeant Roberts of 4 Troop, A Squadron, 23rd Hussars. It came to The Tank Museum from the Royal Military College at Shrivenham in 2006.
I have an old 15mm SDD King Tiger on my workbench.
The view of the Königstiger next to the Luchs light tank.
Photographs of the pre-production Tiger II at Bovington.