#stayonthetank

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British FV721 Fox CVR (Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance). A 4x4 Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle.

This one is a runner at the Museum of American Armor in Old Bethpage, NY. Photos by USABOT brother Bryan Whalen. (June 2019)

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Schneider CA 1 (Char d'assaut Schneider). The first tank developed by the French in WW1. This incredible example is at the French tank museum, Musee des Blindes, in Saumur, France.

Photos by Bryan Whalen in June 2018

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M4A3 (75) at the New Jersey National Guard Militia Museum in Sea Girt, NJ, USA. (Oct 2016)

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M4 Sherman and M8 Armored Car pass the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris in 1944.

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US Army T95 Medium Tank (modified) Test Rigs. Several modified T95 test rigs were built in the late 1950's and early 1960's and had various prototype turrets and suspensions tested on them. Both of the ones shown here have prototype M60A2 turrets installed. The green one with a prototype hydropneumatic suspension is now at the US Armor and Cavalry Collection at Ft. Benning, GA (it was previously at Aberdeen, MD). That is the same one from the US Army publications shown in the black and white photo). The rusty brown one is at Anniston Army Depot in Alabama.

I took the pics of the green one at Ft.Benning in May 2018 and Jon Bernstein took the pics of the rusty one at Anniston in July 2017.

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M3 Stuart Light Tanks at the 1st CAV Division Museum at Fort Hood, Texas (Oct 2016). The one with the Japanese markings represents one of the captured Stuarts in the Philippines in April 1942 used by Japanese Army 3rd Company 7th Tank Regiment.

The Stuart with the US markings is an M3A1.

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Russian T-55 ARV captured in Iraq in 1991 and on display at the 1st Cavalry Division Museum at Fort Hood, Texas.

Please comment if you know the correct designation for this exact model (BST2, BTS4 ?)

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MBD (Muzzle Boresight Device) in the 120mm main gun of an M1A2SEPv2 of 1-1CAV 2nd Bde 1AD at Fort Bliss, TX (Apr 2019). Photo by SFC Sexton.

The MBD is used to periodically realign the sights of the tank with the exact alignment of the barrel. The MRS (Muzzle Reference Sensor) on top of the barrel is frequently used throughout the day to verify the alignment, as certain conditions can cause shifts in the alignment and require the gun to be boresighted again.

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An M1E1 (M1A1 prototype) on display at Fort Hood, TX, USA. It was essentially an M1IP fitted with a 120mm main gun. (Oct 2016)

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An M5A1 Stuart in excellent condition outside the D-Day Experience Museum at Dead Man's Corner in Saint-Come-du-Mont, France. (June 2018)

The current Stuart sits nearly in the same place as the one knocked out on June 7th 1944 that killed a crewman of the tank and was left there hanging out of the tank for a bit....and the intersection was dubbed "Dead Man's Corner"....a name that persists today.

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M551 Sheridan airborne tank outside the Museum of American Armor in Old Bethpage, NY on Long Island. (March 2019)

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An M5A1 Stuart light tank on an M25A1 Tank Transporter at the Museum of American Armor in Old Bethpage, NY on Long Island. (March 2019)

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Churchill Mk VI at the Curragh Military Museum of the Irish Defense Forces in County Kildare, Ireland. (July 2017)

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Iraqi T72M1 in the restoration yard of the US Armor and Cavalry Museum Collection at Fort Benning, GA USA. (May 2018)

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Italian M15/42 at the French tank museum, Musée des Blindés in Saumur, France. (June 2018)

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An M4A3(75)W HVSS Sherman at the Museum of American Armor in Old Bethpage, NY on Long Island.