US Army Armor & Calvary Collection (2 Viewers)

[wwiibuff]

There is a collection of armor (around 200 pieces) at Ft. Moore (formerly Ft. Benning) near Columbus GA. It is not open to the public, but does now have a few "open house" dates per year for the public to view. Today was one of those days for this year. The collection is quite impressive. I've known they had some very historical pieces including Tiger II #332 (captured in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge, and Tiger I #712 captured in Tunisia. They also had 3 Panther tanks on display as well as several other German tanks from WWII. Of course there are many Shermans (including a British Firefly) and other US armor from WWII. It was an overall impressive collection of WWII armor (my focus) but they also had more modern armor such as Vietnam era, etc. and a WWI 1918 Mark V British tank. Here is just a small sample of some of my pictures.

 

[wwiibuff]

Oops ... Cavalry (not Calvary)

 

[wayne556517]

Brilliant mate thank you for sharing could spend hours their.

 

[Terp152]

The army moved all of the armor out of Ft Knox when they closed to armor museum there yrs ago. The museum was open to the public yr round when it was at Knox. The Infantry Museum at Ft Moore is amazing and well worth a vist.

 

[wwiibuff]

The army moved all of the armor out of Ft Knox when they closed to armor museum there yrs ago. The museum was open to the public yr round when it was at Knox. The Infantry Museum at Ft Moore is amazing and well worth a vist.

Yes, the Infantry Museum at Ft. Moore is great as well and is open all the time. I just wish that this collection of armor was open to the public year round. Maybe one day.