Aberdeen armor museum

Various tanks and guns at the Aberdeen Proving Ground museum in Maryland.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• tanks
• panzers
• museum
• aberdeen
• proving
• ground

[jobu88]

Oh, and when is somebody going to thank me for not completely ruining this clip by attaching some God-awful music track to it? LOL there are so many clips that are un-watchable due to the idiotic music selection by the owners.

[MarkVll]

It's a shame those beast are not in a building

[Rockit8]

Back in the 60's I lived at APG and used to play on these tanks. Many had the escape hatch on the bottom welded shut but a few didn't and we would get inside of them. It was awesome.

[Vanyaaynav]

Very sad show and bad preservation of technics, I think in this tank museum which professional people work not does not interest history

[jobu88]

@liberalinthedesertaz There was at least one unit that used JagdPanthers in Italy and lost several of them. Maybe that's where they got it? Who knows..... that would have been a nice touch if they'd labeled each tank with the details on how it wound up at the museum.

[liberalinthedesertaz]

@jobu88 the KT at the Patton Muesem in KT was cut open, and also was captured at the Battle of the Bulge along with the JagDTiger that is at Aberdeen. At least I think that is where they got the JT from because those were mostly used against Russian tanks.

[jobu88]

@liberalinthedesertaz Also check out my video of the Bovington tank museum in the UK. Amazing what a difference it makes when you store your tanks indoors and take care of them. They have numerous tanks that are every bit as old but they look in far better shape.

[jobu88]

@liberalinthedesertaz Some of them were undoubtedly captured on the battlefield somewhere, others were taken when the Germans surrendered. After 65 years sitting in the sun and rain and snow, who  can say if it would make any difference where they were captured. Many of the German tanks had one side of the turret cut open with a wire mesh over it so you could look inside, but of course that allows the elements inside too. I think it's mainly just too many years with too little care.

[peterwulfy]

You are right. It's a JS3. I always get mixed up. Its probably in VA now.

[liberalinthedesertaz]

@petrwarry yeah they do. 

[liberalinthedesertaz]

@peterwulfy looks like an IS (or JS) -3

[liberalinthedesertaz]

@AdamSavage88 they did when I went there. What I remember seeing for sure, the Ferdi, PZIV, PZIII, JT, JP, Panther, and the Sherman.