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The Wheatcroft Collection is perhaps notable for having a number of rare Second World War-era German military vehicles, including four Panther tanks, [9] one of which is close to full restoration, a StuG III assault gun, a Panzer III, and a Panzer IV tank and various components from many other vehicles.
The Jon Phillips Armour Collection is a private collection of armoured vehicles owned by Jon "Welderbeast" Phillips, a mobile welder and World War II vehicle hobbyist from Hoo, England. The collection includes a replica Panzerkampfwagen III Ausf. A, a restored original Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. D, and a restored Volkswagen Schwimmwagen.
Tank Overhaul is a Canadian documentary television program broadcast on the Military Channel (now American Heroes Channel) starting in 2007.Episodes are filmed at the Isle of Wight Military Museum as well as other organizations specializing in military history vehicle restoration and preservation.
Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte; paper project; Landkreuzer P. 1500 Monster; paper project; 12.8 cm Selbstfahrlafette auf VK 30.01(H) "Sturer Emil" - tank destroyer; 2 built; Heuschrecke 10, Krupp's design for a new self-propelled artillery gun; VK 3001 (P) - medium tank; paper project; VK 3002(DB) - prototype medium tank; one built
In college he built his first remote control scale model tank. He obtained his first full-size military vehicle in 1975, a World War II era M3 Scout Car . In 1998 he set up the Military Vehicle Technology Foundation to manage his collection of over 150 vehicles and restore more.
Almost every vehicle in the museum's collection is operational or in some state of repair or restoration. Many vehicles, including the vintage Sherman Mark IV, Chaffee, M60 and Sheridan tanks, armored personnel carriers, trucks and jeeps, are frequently driven in parades and other ceremonial activities involving the Ontario Regiment or other units of the CAF.
The M22 Locust, officially Light Tank (Airborne), M22, was an American-designed airborne light tank which was produced during World War II.The Locust began development in 1941 after the British War Office requested that the American government design a purpose-built airborne light tank which could be transported by glider into battle to support British airborne forces.
The M32 tank recovery vehicle was an armored recovery vehicle (ARV) used during World War II and the Korean War by the United States, and was based on the chassis of the M4 Sherman medium tank. During World War II, the British also used several hundred M32s, which were obtained through Lend-Lease in 1944. The first four prototypes were produced ...