Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 15:25:29 -1000
From: "Hope Peter" <hope_peter@bah.com>
Subject: LRO: RE: RE: Re: LRs in WWII movies
> > I thought that there was only one running Tiger 1 left in the
> world. At a museam in Briton.
There is a remarkable museum in southern England called the
Tank Museum. We stumbled upon it on our first trip to the UK
in 1990. This museum has at least one copy of almost
every tank ever produced except the latest main battle
tanks like the M1A1 or whatever it is. They have the only
WWI tank that is regularly driven. Most of their tanks, including
most of the German ones like the Tigers, are operable. One
of their most remarkable exhibits is a Centurion tank (British
from the 1970s, I think) that has been cut in half lengthwise.
It's exactly as if they put the thing on a bandsaw and sawed right
down the middle. The barrel is cut in two, the engine, the transmission,
even the driver's seat. The two halves are set up with enough space
between them for you to walk through. This museum does not seem
to be very well known outside of armor aficionados, but it is a huge
setup with hundreds of vehicles. I believe it may be completely
or partially operated by the Army, but I can't remember this for sure.
I recall it is on a military base, or next to one.
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C. Marin Faure
(original owner)
1973 Land Rover Series III-88
1991 Range Rover Vogue SE
Seattle
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