Do you have any experiences with military vehicles?
Were you in the Army using these vehicles, or perhaps worked on them as a mechanic?
The Friends of the Aldershot Military Museum (FAMM) are working with the Museum to overhaul and revitalise the information boards for their vehicles collection, to make them more informative and attractive to visitors of all ages. The Museum has 20 vehicles and 5 artillery pieces, and FAMM would very much like to hear from anyone with any personal photographs, anecdotes, or experiences with any of the types of tanks or vehicles at the Museum.
If you have any information to share, please contact us.
The vehicles in which we are interested are:
Outside
In the Montgomery Barn
Artillery
More information and photos will appear here as we work on this project.
The museum has examples of two iconic tanks that would have been seen in the Falklands War (Note: I don’t think our tanks served in the Falklands):
The tanks have been outside for many years and needed cleaning and painting. The Scimitar was especially bad as it is parked under trees.
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Next year, 2022, is the 40th anniversary of The Falklands War (1982) and we thought that it would be good to get the tanks cleaned and painted for the anniversary.
I managed to organise a work group from the company I work for and purchased the special paint needed to paint the Scimitar.
Then the first Covid look down was announced and we had to cancel the work.
However, in October 2021, we started work on the Scimitar. It took three days to complete.
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I would like to thank the volunteers from Sage, The Friends and The Farnborough & District Radio society.
The Scorpion and the rest of the vehicles in the museum also need painting. If you would like to help, please contact the museum. Contact details can be found on the Museum's Web Site.