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‘Phoenix’ Nashorn.

Nashorn’s First UK Debut at TANKFEST 2023

April 4, 2023April 11, 2023 Jesse B 8.8 cm, 88 mm, axis, bovington, display, engineering, flak 88, german, germany, hummel, military, museum, nashorn, news, panzer, panzerjeager, tank, tank destroyer, tanker, Tankfest, TankFest 2022, tankfest 2023, tanks, the tank museum

World’s only running Nashorn in UK debut at TANKFEST 2023. Nicknamed the Nashorn ‘Phoenix’ after restoration was delayed by a

Black Prince infantry tank.

Experimental United Kingdom WWII

Black Prince – The Ultimate Churchill Tank

August 16, 2022December 9, 2022 Jesse B 17 pdr, 2, bedford, black prince, bovington, britain, british, churchill, concept, experiment, experimental, heavy, heavy tank, II, meteor, military, prototype, second world war, tank, tanks, test, testing, the tank museum, turret, war, ww, ww2, wwii

The Black Prince was Britain’s attempt during the Second World War to put the powerful 17 pdr gun into the

Tiger 131 at Tiger Day.

Tiger Day 2022 | See Tiger 131 Tank in Action

August 4, 2022December 9, 2022 Jesse B 131, 2022, bovington, event, news, tank, the tank museum, tiger, tiger 1, tiger 131, tiger day, tiger I, tiger tank

See the world’s only running Tiger I tank in action during its last outing of 2022, at Tiger Day 17th

Type-59.

Cold War Experimental Modern Day News WWI WWII

TANKFEST 2022

July 7, 2022December 9, 2022 Jesse B bovington, britain, fest, festival, history, museum, museums, show, tank fest, Tankfest, TankFest 2022, tanks, the tank museum, war

Now the dust has settled and my eardrums have recovered, we can take a look at what is arguably the

The Rhino at The Tank Museum.

Cold War Experimental United Kingdom

The TV1000 Rhino – A 6×6 V8 Powered Beast

May 24, 2022December 9, 2022 Jesse B 6x6, armor, armored, bovington, british, cold war, experimental, merlin, meteor, meteorite, military, prototype, rhino, strange, tank, tanks, test, testing, tests, the tank museum, tv1000, tv1000 rhino, unique, v12, v8, vehicle, war, weird, wheeled, wheels

In the 1950s Britain developed this highly unique vehicle, the TV1000 Rhino. It had six enormous wheels, a powerful V8

Independent

Experimental United Kingdom WWI

Vickers A1E1 Independent

May 11, 2022December 9, 2022 Jesse B a1e1, armor, armored, bovington, experimental, independant, inter war, interwar, military, multi, multi turret, multi turreted, museum, pre war, prototype, tank, tank museum, tanks, test, testing, the tank museum, trial, turrets, vehicle, vickers, vickers a1e1, war, weird, ww1, wwi

If you were to combine a WWI-era tank with a battleship, it would probably come out looking something like the