But there were many empty storage pads, so probably the tanks are being restored. Some stars were missing: Tiger tank, King Tiger tank, FT-17, Somua S-35, KV-1 (though I saw a photo of both tanks at the US Army Ordnance Museum prior to my trip), etc. The US Army Ordnance Museum's collection is as good as the Patton Tank Museum, though not as large as the Saumur tank museum - Musee des Blindes. Tanks detailed include: Renault R-35 tank, Grant tank, Sherman tank, Leopard I tank, Panzer I tank, Panzer III, Panzer IV, Panzer V, T-34 tank, T-34/85 tank, T-72M tank, Matilda, M7 Priest, Conqueror and the Stalin tank (IS-3 tank). There are around 400 tank photos on this US Army Ordnance Museum - Aberdeen Proving Ground website.
The tank park sits on a vast, slightly undulating, field gridded with a series of twin concrete pads (think big "=" signs) for the tanks. The natural light and setting makes for great photography. But outside is the best outdoor collection of AFVs I have seen. You won't get much out of the place on a rainy day since almost all the tanks are outside. It's free, though I dropped $20 into the foyer donation box. Inside the two story dark brick building is a single tiny Renault 35 tank and a superb collection of small arms - rifles, machine guns and a few mortars. The US Army Ordnance Museum building is genuinely small and anticlimactic. So all the information here is for the museum as it WAS before 2011: Sadly, as of 2012 or so, it's also been moved to Fort Lee, VA.
It was about 25 minutes north east of Baltimore at the Aberdeen Proving Ground military base. The US Army Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Ground was one of the world's best tank museums - full of Russian tanks, German tanks, French tanks, British tanks,and even. US Army Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Ground US Army Ordnance Museum/Aberdeen Proving Grounds photo portfolio by Narayan Sengupta. Please email me for high resolution photos for publication. Photos of Tanks at the US Army Ordnance Museum Tanks - US Army Ordnance Museum - Aberdeen Proving Ground Photos from US Army Ordnance Museum/Aberdeen Proving Grounds
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