British CENTURION Mk.3 cut in half displayed in 2003. This image shows the front of the hull and the loader’s position inside the turret. The red outline shows the thickness of the armor.British CENTURION Mk.3 cut in half displayed in 2003. This image shows in detail the loader’s position inside the turret and the main gun mechanism.British CENTURION Mk.3 cut in half displayed in 2003. This image shows the driver’s position inside the frontal hull.British CENTURION Mk.3 cut in half displayed in 2003. This image shows in detail the commander and gunner’s position inside the turret.Gun barrels of WWII tanks displayed in 2003.Ballistic test plates displayed in 2006.102mm thick test-proof armoured plate with a 17 pdr (76.2mm) round stuck in it, displayed in 2006.Full size model of a russian T-72B main battle tank built by students of the Royal Engineering Corps as a final project, displayed in 2006.British CONQUEROR heavy tank transformed for Tankfest information booth displayed in 2003.British M-3 GRANT “colander” medium tank, displayed in 2006. This example was used for testing the penetration power of German Panzerfausts. According to the Tank Museum, this tank has 494 holes sustained during these tests.A visit to the Museum always offers the opportunity to see some vehicles in motion. In 2003, I had the opportunity to see the Centurion Strv 104 rolling through the outdoor area before entering the Tamiya Hall, where it was parked.The museum’s exterior features a large number of vehicles parked awaiting restoration or awaiting a new location. In this photo taken during my 2006 visit, we can see a CHALLENGER 1 Training Tank (CTT), a CHIEFTAIN AVRE armored engineering vehicle, and a CENTURION ARV Mk.2 recovery vehicle.Also parked outside were some of the vehicles that had participated in Tankfest 2006 the day before. These vehicles were waiting to be cleaned so they could be returned to their respective bays for static display. Here we see a Chinese Type 59 tank improved by ROF, a Soviet T-54 tank and a British Chieftain Mk.10 tank.Here we can see a group of vehicles being cleaned after Tankfest 2006. From left to right are a Canadian Leopard 1C2 tank, a Soviet SU-100 tank destroyer and a British Challenger 1 tank.This is a resin sculpture by George Henry Paulin as a tribute to the Royal Tank Regiment. It depicts the crew of a WWII Comet tank and was created in 1953. This sculpture was used as the basis for another larger work by Vivien Mallock, which has been on display since 2000 in Whitehall Court, London.
