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Tour of the Littlefield Armored Vehicle Collection
« on: 03-06-2009, 04:06:23 »
Boing Boing has a nice, short video about the Armored vehicle collection of the late Jacques Littlefield, which according to danger room is "the largest private collection of armored vehicles," with over 300 vehicles. Not extensive coverage, but a short, fun little video for us tank nuts.

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Re: Tour of the Littlefield Armored Vehicle Collection
« Reply #1 on: 03-06-2009, 12:06:42 »
Great collection! I´m really impressed by how well preserved those tanksa re, although they´re quite old. This museum is located in the USA, right?
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Re: Tour of the Littlefield Armored Vehicle Collection
« Reply #2 on: 03-06-2009, 14:06:04 »
Damn...it's sad to see that Littlefield is dead :( At least he managed to finish his panther before he died.

Hilarious fact about the sherman's ammo though  :P
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Re: Tour of the Littlefield Armored Vehicle Collection
« Reply #3 on: 03-06-2009, 14:06:52 »
I once read about this collection in december.Shame the owner passed away

I hope i one day, be able to visit america to see this collection


and LOL on the end bout the sherman! This is something nice to remeber for Normandy!!
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Re: Tour of the Littlefield Armored Vehicle Collection
« Reply #4 on: 03-06-2009, 14:06:07 »
Quote from: [11PzG]matyast on 03-06-2009, 14:06:04
Damn...it's sad to see that Littlefield is dead :( At least he managed to finish his panther before he died.

Hilarious fact about the sherman's ammo though  :P
It wasn't finished actually. The turret wasn't done yet etc.
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Re: Tour of the Littlefield Armored Vehicle Collection
« Reply #5 on: 03-06-2009, 14:06:47 »
Is that the guy the Mudra hates for destroying a perfectly good StuG's transmission by trying to tow his truck out the mud?  Or is that someone else?

EDIT:  Did some searching and it is the same guy, except he was trying to tow a car out of mud, not a truck.  Also, Mudra really hates him.  In a memorial thread over at FF, he didn't say anything but confirming his animosity towards the guy.  He's dead, let it rest, vM.  At least his widow is keeping the AFVs as some sort of museum (or something?).
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Re: Tour of the Littlefield Armored Vehicle Collection
« Reply #6 on: 03-06-2009, 17:06:37 »
I do let him rest...I just don't like how he treated those things as toys>__<
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Re: Tour of the Littlefield Armored Vehicle Collection
« Reply #7 on: 04-06-2009, 00:06:14 »
Quote from: THeTA0123 on 03-06-2009, 14:06:52
I once read about this collection in december.Shame the owner passed away

I hope i one day, be able to visit america to see this collection


and LOL on the end bout the sherman! This is something nice to remeber for Normandy!!

You'd also want to check out the General George Patton Museum, down in Fort Knox, Kentucky,the United States Army Ordnance Museum, in Arberdeen proving grounds, Maryland (where the really big guns go to die), the National Air and Space Museum, in Washington DC on the National Mall, and its larger country annex, the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, in Virginia.

Some sexy panoramas from the Udvar-Hazy center:
Central Catwalk
Ground Floor, near concorde
The Space Room (which also has a bunch of missiles, including WW2 Nazi ones)

Some pics from Aberdeen:
Tanks
K5 railway gun "Anzio Annie"
Their restored "Elefant"

And some pics from Fort Knox:
Cutaway Tiger II (not sure if it is real or diorama)
Panther tank
T-28
Some cold war tanks
Got Quicktime? How about time for a virtual tour then?
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Re: Tour of the Littlefield Armored Vehicle Collection
« Reply #8 on: 04-06-2009, 02:06:21 »
Quote from: VonMudra on 03-06-2009, 17:06:37
I do let him rest...I just don't like how he treated those things as toys>__<

Be nice muddy...I am sure he saved many more then wrecked.
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Re: Tour of the Littlefield Armored Vehicle Collection
« Reply #9 on: 04-06-2009, 03:06:25 »
Speaking of tanks, I recently visited my local vfw and got some great pictures. They will be coming soon.
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Re: Tour of the Littlefield Armored Vehicle Collection
« Reply #10 on: 04-06-2009, 19:06:56 »
I saw that and was truly knocked out. Oh, the fun.....
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Re: Tour of the Littlefield Armored Vehicle Collection
« Reply #11 on: 04-06-2009, 21:06:50 »
Quote from: VonMudra on 03-06-2009, 17:06:37
I do let him rest...I just don't like how he treated those things as toys>__<

At least he isn't like that guy with the Arty guns... >.<
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Re: Tour of the Littlefield Armored Vehicle Collection
« Reply #12 on: 05-06-2009, 20:06:23 »
Very much agreed....

And aberdeen is even worse.  Most of those tanks are nothing but rust buckets now.  There's no attempt to keep them in working order, or even looking nice.  They've rusted so much that the ground is now a biohazard from all the heavy metals=/
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Re: Tour of the Littlefield Armored Vehicle Collection
« Reply #13 on: 05-06-2009, 21:06:41 »
Quote from: VonMudra on 05-06-2009, 20:06:23
Very much agreed....

And aberdeen is even worse.  Most of those tanks are nothing but rust buckets now.  There's no attempt to keep them in working order, or even looking nice.  They've rusted so much that the ground is now a biohazard from all the heavy metals=/

The Aberdeen Proving Grounds?

I was there not long ago. There are really cool vehicles that I was glad to see in person. Like the various Panthers... Tigers and quite a few other not so common tanks. But, most of them still have battle damage (i.e large dents, etc).. and are rusty. They have some original WW1 tanks just sitting out side.. whilst they have a Stuart tank and a few jeeps inside the museum, makes no sense to me.

Still they were cool to see, but I think they should have re-done the bodys in the battle damaged and rusted areas, painted them correctly, and put them indoors.

I mean honestly, they have a beautiful re-painted Char-S35 just sitting out doors.
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Re: Tour of the Littlefield Armored Vehicle Collection
« Reply #14 on: 10-06-2009, 02:06:31 »
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