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Saturday is now SOLD OUT – but we still have a limited number of Friday and Sunday places available.


The world’s best display of historic moving armour returns – three days of arena action, with explosive displays of historic and modern armour – amid the world’s best collection of over 300 tanks.


To get you warmed-up, here are a few highlights from last year!


Will you be joining us? 26 – 28 June.

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The Pansarbil m/39 and very similar m/40 are two of a small number of vehicles that can be driven at the same speed in either direction.

There was a driver and machine gunner at each end of the car, and two men in the turret, giving a crew of 6.

As we can see, it also had 4 wheel steering. Introduced in 1939, the Swedes had 45 of the two types and used them until 1958.

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Looking back at the restoration of Tiger 131.

A few key moments from more than 30 years of work restoring the world’s most famous tank.

The restoration of Tiger 131 spurred on the huge growth in knowledge, expertise and desire for accuracy in the world of historic armoured vehicle restoration. It has also had a massive impact on the success, profile and reputation of the Tank Museum.

Today, Tiger 131 is no longer a feared weapon of war. Instead, it has been a valued and much‑studied museum piece since 1951, and remains one of the most viewed individual museum artefacts anywhere in the world.

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Retired M47s were often used as targets on firing ranges.


Pictured - in December 1977 - a M712 Copperhead laser guided 155mm artillery shell homes in on its target, an M47, during testing.

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The creation of the flail tank allowed soldiers to clear minefields quickly whilst the crew inside were protected by the tank’s armour. The drum rotated three times per second, meaning that the chains would thrash the round with enough force to set off buried mines.



This was still a risky job for the crew – they had to drive at walking speed in a straight line, with the dirt kicked up making it impossible to see or shoot.



Our Sherman Crab is an M4A4 (known as a Sherman V by the British,) and was built by Chrysler at the Detroit Tank Arsenal in April 1943, and was then converted to a Crab in Britain. It came to The Tank Museum in 1949.

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The Morris Light Reconnaissance Car was built due to a need to re-amour after the British Expeditionary Force returned from France in June 1940, where it had been forced to abandon the majority of its vehicles.


The ‘Car 4x2, Light Reconnaissance, Morris, Mark I’ was built by the Nuffield Group and was intended to support the Humber Reconnaissance vehicles.


Morris Mark I’s had a rear engine with rear wheel drive, and a smooth designed underbelly for off road performance. This was further enhanced by the Mark II, which had 4-wheel drive. The design was based on standard commercial components, with the driver positioned in the centre of the vehicle; the small turret meant that the gunner had to be in a crouched position to operate the Bren gun.


The vehicle was intended originally for the Reconnaissance Corps, but were also used extensively by the armoured car units of the RAF Regiment and Royal Engineers field companies.


The Tank Museum’s example was donated in April 1961

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No matter how large the stowage bins on an armoured vehicle, they will never be big enough.

The crew of this Second World War Staghound, from the Inns of Court Regiment, do appear to have taken this to extremes!

The American-built Staghound was mostly used by Headquarters elements of Armoured Car regiments, and in October 1944 the Inns of Court had 17, out of a total of around 75 armoured cars and halftracks of all types.

For more on the Staghound - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQhUR...

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The American M103 heavy tank was developed in the late 1940s as a counter to the Soviet JS-3 and T-10 vehicles.

Rushed development led to a large number of deficiencies, largely corrected on the M103A1 model of 1957.

The US Marines were always much more keen on the M103 than the US Army. They operated 220 out of the 300 built between 1959 until 1972.

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The Italian Semovente 75/18 took the principles developed by the Germans in their Sturmgeschütz and applied them to an Italian vehicle.



Despite the reputation of the Italian armed forces during the Second World War, the Semovente performed well, and they saw service in North Africa and in Italy, although after Operation Alaric this was with German crews.

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On this day - 03 April 1945, Henschel’s AFV research and experimental establishment at Haustenbeck is captured by Allied Forces.⁠

The site played a major role in the German tank‑building industry - and specifically in Tiger tank development. Work here included AFV submersibility and gas‑proofing testing, experimental suspension systems testing, trials of new transmissions, and stowage layouts.

Pictured here is King Tiger V2, after capture at Haustenbeck. Today, King Tiger V2 is the oldest surviving King Tiger - the second ever to have been built, and the only surviving example with the pre-production turret.

We're working to restore King Tiger V2 to running condition - and we need YOUR help - to find out more - tankmuseum.org/support-us/ktv2-fundraiser

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