Picture Time.

[Reimer]

Last weekend I took a short drive over to the property of a friend of my great grandfather, I knew he had a tank but when he showed me around I found out he practically had an entire armored platoons worth of vehicles and memorabilia.

Starting with the souvenirs he brought back from Europe....

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=dqrrx3&s=6
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2w6x9ie&s=6

Second picture sucks ass as I took all these with my phone. Its a belt of MG34 ammunition and a few gas masks with matching bags. The first has helmets and canteens, to the left of it would be a English helmet as well but it didn't fit in.

Now for the vehicles.

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=xm029e&s=6  This is a British post-WW2 Saracean APC, it runs but it isn't fully restored as far as painjobs and interior work goes.

Now we start with the M5A1 Stuart tank....
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=33mc0w1&s=6 Side View
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2n6u15t&s=6 Rear View, opened hatches show the twin Cadillac engines.
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=j630ch&s=6 I hopped into the drivers seat, this is to the right.
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=15zhz6a&s=6 Another drivers seat photo, to the left.

Other stuph.
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2eoxhed&s=6 These are called Weasels, which are Amphibious army tractors, and he has about 6 of these in various makes and paintjobs.
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=ojq9m0&s=6 Another Weasel, this one sucks, I know.

http://i46.tinypic.com/ddyl5j.jpg He had 5 fully restored jeeps in he same shop as the stuart tank. Also behind it is a DUKW amphibious assualt boat. Funfax, when he first got it, he fitted it with a PA system, lights, and decorations and took it out for parties in a Delta near Stockton.

Stuff I forgot/wasn't able to photograph:

A working M2 Machine gun, can fire both real rounds and propane, may have been used in some movies he worked with.
More of the DUKW boat.
Collection of M1 garands.
"Unicef" painted jeep used in the movie "Congo"

[smt]

Pls use imgur in the future, loading all of those images was increidbly painful, but it's p cool stuff, I'd love to be able to just see all that sort of stuff in person

[vizioN]

Stop turning when you snap a picture!

[rBST Cow]

Does the tank work!!!???!!!??

That's crazy dude.

[Reimer]

Does the tank work!!!???!!!??

That's crazy dude.

Full working order, hits fifty Mph, fastest tank in WW2. Only thing that doesn't work is the main gun. The coaxial and hull machine guns were converted to fire propane, for movie use.

All of these work in fact, he restores them, doesn't just collect. Everything I snap a picture of runs.

What he does sometimes is take the tank and the DUKW and dress them up for parades, he also mounts air cannons on them and shoots little bombs made of candy and toys.

EDIT: Also sorry for not getting more/better pictures of the interior, as I am about 6 foot three and it is especially difficult to maneuver as it is in a tank like that, which is meant for scouting and infantry support.

[rBST Cow]

It would be sick if he could change it back to fire real cannons

What movie was the tank in?

[Reimer]

It would be sick if he could change it back to fire real cannons

What movie was the tank in?

Don't know about what was in which movie, but he worked on Congo, War and Rememberance, Tucker: The man and his dream, and War and Remembrance, all pretty old, 80s to 90s.