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Artillery museum at Fort Sill (again!!)
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the_shadock
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:24 am
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The artillery museum at Fort Sill received these vehicles from Aberdeen :

1. French M1918 194mm Self-Propelled Gun
2. Soviet M1931 203mm Tracked Howitzer, captured and used by the Germans
3. US T-92 240mm GMC King Kong
4. US T-97 155mm Self-Propelled Gun, ca. 1955
5. Italian M90/53 90mm Semovente
6. German SdKfz 166 Brummbar
7. German SdKfz 138/1 Ausf M, 15cm SP Grille
8. German Heuschrecke 10.5cm leFH 18/1 L28 Grasshopper
9. German SdKfz 142/2 10.5cm Sturmhaubitze (StuH 42)
10. US M7 105mm HMC early model

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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 7:00 pm Post subject: Re: Artillery museum at Fort Sill (again!!)
Any pictures availlable from the vehicles in their new home ? Walter

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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 7:14 pm Post subject: Re: Artillery museum at Fort Sill (again!!)
Rick's pictures show Grasshopper and Brummbar still in Aberdeen not that long ago: www.com-central.net/in...ic&t=15543 Were they moved recently? Massimo

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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 7:39 pm
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this is what Gordon Blaker, the curator of the museum, said :

"I would like to inform you about some AFVs moves in the US and ask some questions. The following AFVs have been transferred from Aberdeen Proving Ground to the US Army Artillery Museum, Fort Sill, OK.[...]
I have money to have most of them refurbished and work is underway on numbers 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 with work nearly complete on 5 and 6. I will send you photos as each is completed. "

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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 8:37 pm Post subject: Re: Artillery museum at Fort Sill (again!!)
Mrs VB and I will be in Oklahoma City with the latest tour in April of 2013 and are planning a trip to the Fort Sill museum. Looking forward to seeing the new stuff!

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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:06 pm Post subject: Re: Artillery museum at Fort Sill (again!!)
P-O There where two StuH 42's at Aberdeen, any idee witch one moved to Fort Sill? Michel _________________ www.afvregister.org

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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:18 pm Post subject: Re: Artillery museum at Fort Sill (again!!)
P-O found the anwser here: sill-www.army.mil/famuseum/news.htm Michel _________________ www.afvregister.org

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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:24 pm Post subject: Re: Artillery museum at Fort Sill (again!!)
So the move is pretty recent. Excellent news! So far in Ft Sill they took good care of the new arrivals from Aberdeen. I just wish they had more space to keep everything indoor. Massimo

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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:54 pm Post subject: Re: Artillery museum at Fort Sill (again!!)
Those are the Aberdeen Vehicles, hope they get a decent refurbishment (more than a paint job!) and are eventually moved indoors. Rick

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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:15 am
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From Gordon Blaker :

"The T-92 is a mess. I have the chassis, gun tube, recuperator and various other large components. I do not have any of the front or side armor. Just reassembling it would be an extremely expensive task, which I don't currently have the money. We are putting our effort and money into the other new SPs on the list."

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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 11:01 am Post subject: Re: Artillery museum at Fort Sill (again!!)
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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 11:05 am Post subject: Re: Artillery museum at Fort Sill (again!!)
there are also some nice shots here : http://www.facebook.com/pages/artillery-museum/125662944133642 I note that they also received Fort Benning's Hummel earlier this year : P-O _________________ soldat_ryan @ hotmail.com Looking for photos of Sherman manufacturer's plates

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Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 3:44 am
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- the_shadock

there are also some nice shots here :
http://www.facebook.com/pages/artillery-museum/125662944133642

I note that they also received Fort Benning's Hummel earlier this year :

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Wow!! That looks awesome.

That was the Hummel that was at the Patton Museum as part of the original Patton Collection. Its 'twin' went back to Germany years ago. It left Ft Knox in 2010, for Ft Benning. It was then sent to Ft Sill. The 38t munitionspanzer that waspart of theoriginal Patton Collection went directly to Ft Sill in 2010.

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Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 10:38 am Post subject: Re: Artillery museum at Fort Sill (again!!)
I'm not convinced that any Hummels were painted in "Ambush", but it looks the Dog's!

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