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Garry_Redmon · Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 3:18 pm Post subject: Re: News from Ft Knox

Thanks Trevor. I had removed the T28 section quite awhile back, but missed that link.

Garry

TrevorLarkum · Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 11:08 am Post subject: Re: News from Ft Knox

Garry, on the Volunteer News page it looks like the T28 GMC link is broken:

armorfortheages.com/Vo...wsPage.htm

Garry_Redmon · Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 4:12 pm Post subject: Re: News from Ft Knox

We will be using the open spoked road wheels switched from the M10 and M7 in front of the museum. Those two will be staying.

Garry

TrevorLarkum · Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 2:58 pm Post subject: Re: News from Ft Knox

- Dontos

Trevor

Just looking thru some fairly recent photo files, I found this for your Heavy Tank index.

The T29 Heavy Tank: (Photos taken in April 2010)

...

Enjoy
Regards
Don

Added, thanks:

Unique ID 1276: Fort Knox T29

- Dontos

Trevor

I have no clue when the T34 Black & White photo was taken. A clue is the unit crest painted on the turret, perhaps the late 70's?

Regards
Don

Ok, I've gone with 1978:

Unique ID 1275: Fort Knox T34

Dontos · Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 2:21 pm Post subject: Re: News from Ft Knox

Trevor

I have no clue when the T34 Black & White photo was taken. A clue is the unit crest painted on the turret, perhaps the late 70's?

I've posted interiors & some exteriors of all the Heavy tanks that are now in RMP.

The relocation plan is in full swing so all the tanks that will be moving to Ft Benning are in the process of being hauled to RMP. I'll try to get good photographic records on them all, as they show up to RMP.

Stay tuned
Regards
Don

TrevorLarkum · Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 1:59 pm Post subject: Re: News from Ft Knox

- Dontos

Trevor

The T34 photo was taken in Richardson Motor Pool in May 2009. It is currently in the same location.

The M103A2 Photo was during the same time period, although I'm not sure of specific day/month.

Regards
Don

Thanks - updated. Do you have a date for the black and white photo of the T34 (even an estimate)?

Unique ID 1275: FK T34

Unique ID 1279: FK M103A2

- Dontos

What I can do, is do a reshoot of all the Heavy tanks on the same day. Currently the T29 & T30 are statically located infront of Marshall Hall. The T29E3, T34, T43, and M103A2 are located in RMP.

Many thanks! I hope to work through those photo's over the next week.

the_shadock · Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 12:13 pm Post subject: Re: News from Ft Knox

- Kurt_Laughlin

What are the spoked bogie wheels that are going to be put on Cobra King? Here's P-O's compilation of examples:

the.shadock.free.fr/sh...nsion.html

KL

well, as the roadwheels were exchanged with an M10 from the museum, it seems that the model will be this one :

here you can see the exchange :

TrevorLarkum · Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 11:43 am Post subject: Re: News from Ft Knox

- Garry_Redmon

Armor for the Ages has been updated . . .

armorfortheages.com/

Garry

Nice update.

Kurt_Laughlin · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 577

What are the spoked bogie wheels that are going to be put on Cobra King? Here's P-O's compilation of examples:

the.shadock.free.fr/sh...nsion.html

KL

Neil_Baumgardner · Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 10:37 pm Post subject: Re: News from Ft Knox

- Dontos

The National Armor & Cavalry Museum (as it is supposed to be called) will move to Ft Benning as part of the Armor Center. It will be an 'instructional support facility' of the Armor School. It will be housed in a complex that is yet to be built, with funds that don't seem to currently exist......

Its all the in the FY11 Defense Budget Request under MILCON - as long as it gets passed without modification & signed...

Neil

Garry_Redmon · Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 10:33 pm Post subject: Re: News from Ft Knox

Armor for the Ages has been updated . . . again. In this update there are two new pages of recent work on Cobra King, one new page on the Panzer IV project, photos of a combat drop of a T30 heavy tank prototype in the Volunteer News section and the World War II Gallery in the Patton Museum Photo Tour section has two photos of the M7B2 Priest showing the new ammo stowage the staff has added in their continuing effort to make the vehicles in the museum more realistic.

The current director, Len Dyer, takes perverse pleasure in making changes/additions to the stowage on the vehicles which forces me to take new photos, but the vehicles have a more lived-in look and are presented better than they ever have in the 60 years of the museum's existence. IMHO.

armorfortheages.com/

Garry

Dontos · Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 10:01 pm Post subject: Re: News from Ft Knox

Smashy

Welcome to the madness....:)

The General George Patton Museum will remain at Ft Knox with an expanded mission. It will no longer be an 'Armor Museum'.

The National Armor & Cavalry Museum (as it is supposed to be called) will move to Ft Benning as part of the Armor Center. It will be an 'instructional support facility' of the Armor School. It will be housed in a complex that is yet to be built, with funds that don't seem to currently exist......

Regards
Don

Smashy · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Aug 05, 2010 Posts: 112

- Neil_Baumgardner

Well, frankly - now that its already August 4 - I'm leaning towards waiting until Sept 7 to release the newest USA AFV Register so that I can reflect the official museum name change. Rather than putting out a mini-update a few weeks after releasing it...

Neil

What is the name of the new museum?

Neil_Baumgardner · Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 9:28 pm Post subject: Re: News from Ft Knox

Well, frankly - now that its already August 4 - I'm leaning towards waiting until Sept 7 to release the newest USA AFV Register so that I can reflect the official museum name change. Rather than putting out a mini-update a few weeks after releasing it...

Neil

Dontos · Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 9:01 pm Post subject: Re: News from Ft Knox

Wednesday 4 Aug Update:

The M1A1 (3ID), M31 ARV & M32 ARV have been removed from in front of the Museum, and are now sitting in Richardson Motor Pool.

Beside doing a bit of work on Cobra King with some excellent results, I was able to get some photos of various vehicles of interest as well as some interior stuff on a couple I haven't gotten before. I'll post some of that in other topics.

Neil, still nothing on the convoy SNs, as I wasn't able to get up to the museum.

Regards
Don

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