M18 Hellcat 'Bronx Bruiser' at this year's #tankfest
December 9, 2024 at 1:21 AM
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Just in time for a last minute TOGThursday tweet, regarding its gun. While the appearance might lead to assume it is a regular 17pdr, Canadian archive documents report of a 28pdr 3.7" monoblock installed in the tank. Last Tankfest I decided to check.
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TOG II* gun caliber measured (approximately)
A more comprehensive footage of my approximate measuring of Bovington's TOG II* barrel. I improvised the tools out of a tripod and tape measure stuck between it and the camera/phone, plus a repurposed event bracelet leftover for visibly marking the measurements.
The gun is probably the 28pdr 3.7" gun, mentioned in Canadian archive documents.
Many thanks to Andrew Hills for his book quoting archive documents hinting at the actual gun this tank most likely sports, as well as OhSlowpoke for searching the Canadian archives.
Also bear with me, I edited this in an hour at 2am after I was reminded I had the footage laying around.
Edit. As of at least August 2023, The Tank Museum has put up a plaque in front of TOG confirming the barrel is 94mm.
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December 9, 2024 at 12:58 AM
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If you see this share a vehicle!
Mine was made at Tankfest 2024 where Airfix ran a build a model using just the basic paints and glue with the set. I made my Mk I as at the Battle of Gaza 1917.
Mine was made at Tankfest 2024 where Airfix ran a build a model using just the basic paints and glue with the set. I made my Mk I as at the Battle of Gaza 1917.
November 2, 2024 at 7:05 AM
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This is what I’ll think about while Trump is holding his wankf—I mean, tankfest.
Ozymandias Syndrome eventually comes for every autocrat.
Ozymandias Syndrome eventually comes for every autocrat.
Kyrgyzstan takes down Central Asia's tallest Lenin statue
The monument to the Soviet patriarch will be replaced with a flagpole, authorities in Kyrgyzstan say.
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June 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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😁 I hope one day your wife will make an exception and take you to the Tankfest. 🤞🤞
June 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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I'm literally watching a stream of people walking around tankfest well I'm getting drops anyway.
June 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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June 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Yes and no. I have done Capel once and it is the heir to old style W&P without the SS. It isn't as big as Beltring but the owner can expand. I have never done the Victory Show or YWE. I do the snaps at Armour & Embarkation, next event in 2026. Haven't done Tankfest for a few years.
January 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Seeing the tanks on show has reminded me that one of the few downsides to my marriage is that my wife's birthday perpetually coincides with Bovington Tank museum's TankFest weekend and she's made it clear that would not count as a "romantic trip".
June 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Great day at #Tankfest with the boy, spent mostly wandering around meeting the display guys and listening to the stage events. Really enjoyed listening to Kate Adie and later @markurban.bsky.social
Spitfire flyby was the icing on the cake.
Heading back tomorrow for a day in the arena.
Spitfire flyby was the icing on the cake.
Heading back tomorrow for a day in the arena.
June 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Trop cool ! Mon regret c'est de ne pas avoir pu aller à Bovington voir le Tank Museum britannique le temps du Tankfest pendant que je bossais là-bas, mais c'est sur ma liste des trucs à faire !
May 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Ah yes, another ethics of preservation thread! Don't blame me, you clicked on it. Driving WW2 tanks around for spectacle is just as damaging to our understanding of the objects as playing WoT. It removes the object from context and does nothing but emphasize "big machine go VROOM".
June 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Is there a nearby swanky restaurant? Could just pop into tankfest while you’re in the area…..
June 15, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Nature is everywhere, being beautiful, entertaining us, reproducing, washing ashore, getting caught, growing over signs, arguing with gardeners. You won't want to miss this. Also fiction, cinema, stories, and of course, tanks.
Find it all at h2g2.com/entry/A88070...
Find it all at h2g2.com/entry/A88070...
August 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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The KT we saw at tankfest was big noisy and scary...but even then you could imagine all the things that could possibly go wrong. Also such a lovely target from the air
October 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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So my mobile's dreadful camera performance at Tankfest has made me decide to pull the plug and get a proper camera.
But fuck me, it's like entering another world of confusing terminology.
But fuck me, it's like entering another world of confusing terminology.
July 3, 2024 at 8:52 AM
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Great day 1 at Tankfest 2025 at the Tank Museum
June 28, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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Tankfest 2019, Bovington Tank Museum
November 19, 2024 at 8:17 PM
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Lots of interesting vehicles in the VCC at #Tankfest, including this hidden Mantis
December 9, 2024 at 12:55 AM
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My oldest and I visited Bovington for Tankfest while the German machines are impressive you can tell immediately they are overly complex, difficult to maintain and build. The best ratio for a Sherman to take on a KT might have been 4-1 but there were always 3 more Sherman’s
August 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Spent the day at the @tankmuseum today for Tankfest. Brilliant day seeing loads of amazing historical videos and chatting to the re-enactors. I have one too many photos to sort through though. One nice to thing to see what loads of people shooting film. Saw TLR's, Polaroids, Nikons etc.
June 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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I saw his lecture at Tankfest last year and found it fascinating.
December 23, 2024 at 6:55 AM
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January 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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.@terrermine_g8 ようつべ www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ_f... King Tiger, star du Tankfest 2025 2025/08/27 Musée des Blindés Saumur
ティーガーII たんくふぇすと
ティーガーII たんくふぇすと
King Tiger, star du Tankfest 2025
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August 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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