The Tank Museum
The Tank Museum, Bovington, Dorset, UK. Home to the world's best collection of tanks and Tiger 131 - the world's only running Tiger Tank. Subscribe for Tank Chats, Top 5 Tanks, TANKFEST and Tiger Day videos and more. See tankmuseum.org for more information.
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The Tank Museum’s Sultan arrived in September 2013, along with other members of the CVRT family.
The Sultan Armoured Command Vehicle entered service with the British Army in April 1977. It shares the same hull as the Samaritan Armoured Ambulance, but has a crew of five to six. Unlike the Samaritan, the Sultan is armed; it has a pintle-mounted 7.62 mm (0.30 inch) machine gun.
The crew consists of Driver, Commander/Radio Operator, Radio Operator, and two or three additional crew members. The Commander has a No. 27 cupola with five day periscopes and a single wide-angle day periscope with an interchangeable passive night sight.
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The biggest gun ever fitted to a tank!
FV4005 was a late 1940s British attempt to build the longest range and most powerful gun tank possible, to defeat a new generation of Soviet heavy tanks.
The 183mm calibre L4A1 mounted to a Centurion hull was very effective when it hit the target - but FV4005 could only carry 12 rounds, and needed two loaders for the 97kg, 144cm long ammunition.
It also suffered from poor accuracy at its maximum range of 2000m. The project was cancelled in 1957 in favour of using missiles.
The only surviving FV4005 is part of our collection and was restored to running condition back in 2024, with the help of @MrHewes. It will be just one of the vehicles running at Tiger Day – 26 September
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10 September 1915 - 111 years ago today.
Little Willie - the world's first tank - leaves Fosters Yard and is driven around for the first time, at Cross O'Cliff Hill in Lincoln.
The first working tank in the world, Little Willie proved that a vehicle encompassing armoured protection, an internal combustion engine, and tracks was a possibility for the battlefield.
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What’s the one tank fact that you learned recently that made you go ‘Huh? That’s interesting!’?
The more obscure, surprising, implausible - the better!
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Three generations of British Army MBT on the Bovington Training Area - Chieftain, Challenger 1, and Challenger 2.
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25 years ago today, the much-acclaimed Damien Lewis, Tom Hanks, and Steven Spielberg-produced HBO miniseries, ‘Band of Brothers’ first aired.
Did you know that one of the vehicles regularly seen at The Tank Museum, the Centaur belonging to the Bannister Historic Armour Collection, starred in the show?
Built during WWII, the Centaur III is closely related to the Cromwell IV (in short, the Centaur was fitted with the 400hp Liberty L-12 MKV engine, whereas the Cromwell had the upgraded 600hp Rolls Royce Meteor engine fitted - with both vehicles being externally similar).
This particular vehicle was adapted and modified into a Dozer prior to D-Day when the British military required a vehicle that was fast, and could bulldoze through the rubble of bombed out cities and make a path for other tanks.
The vehicle has since been fully converted back to a gun tank, has featured in HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, & BBC Documentary D-Day to Berlin - and proudly appears at Tank Museum events regularly.
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Tiger Day – 26 September, here at The Tank Museum will see these two old nemeses face-off once more!
Our Hollywood stars are just two of over a dozen Second World War vehicles which will take to the arena.
Join us for our last big armoured event of the year – Tiger Day, on 26 September.
tankmuseum.org/events/tiger-day-autumn
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Caption this!
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What do you think is the most underrated tank? - Make your case in the comments below!
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Two variants of Soviet made T-26 light tanks. This is believed to be an official German propaganda photograph, suggesting it was taken in Poland in September 1939 as the Germans and Soviets occupied the country.
In the lead is a Model 1933, followed by either a Model 1938 or 1939, which had thicker armour. Both carried a 45mm gun.
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