Great pics, any photos of my soviet comrades doing their thing?

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Appearing to be a sensible bunch Stefan, their 'thing' this weekend in the foot-deep mud was largely standing under ponchos having a smoke . Haven't had a proper look through about 600 photos yet though, so I'll see what came out.

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Are these privately owned AFVs?

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Yes - I think it's fair to say that virtually all the vehicles at Beltring are privately-owned ; certainly none of them are from official or semi-official bodies such as the Tank Museum, etc.....

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What an amazing array of items our cousins across the pond have amassed for themselves. In the photos, I saw several SdKfz 222s, that panther, a Tiger, the V-2 with launcher it looks like and an amazing Mk IV. I would never leave there.

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Sadly the Tiger's a mock-up based on a T55, the fact they're privately owned (Give or take a handful of museum examples) is often what gets me the most while three T55's roar past laying smoke. It really is a surprising armoured force to be in private hands.


The lineage of British postwar armour was particularly well represented this year; Comet, Centurion, Chieftain, Challenger... and the Army brought a Challenger2.

The most remarkable thing to be in civilian hands is surely the Challenger, the chap acquired a chassis, eventually tracked down a turret, and successfully joined the two together. This led to a visit from the MOD police enquiring just where he'd got a modern MBT from . This year it really seemed to be fully kitted and carrying all the appropriate gear, as this shot illustrates quite nicely:


Cheers,
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Well done with the pics, Adam - really great stuff ! Most of the mud which can be seen in your photos accompanied me home clinging to my boots and trouserlegs.....

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Phenomenal photos! Thanks Von Poop, Martin and FalkeEins. I'm green with envy at those who were lucky enough to attend! Lucky dogs! I might make a trip out there next year and get waist-deep in the mud myself.

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That pretty much is our thing when it rains, best way really

More great pics, looks awesome. The V2 is a mockup made by a living history group, not bad eh?

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..spend too much effort trying to keep dry (ish) to take many pics - I thought something was wrong when I saw everybody in waders and rain capes...and then the heavens opened ...

another close-up of the down-pour (hope this is not too big..)

At the same time as the picture above was taken I was watching the rain turn to steam on a centurion's engine deck.


Shell case from the Dora rail-gun (for sale):


Some American Gear:


















British Armour:




The Krads and Sidecar mounted bikes had surprising grunt in the mud:


Cheers,
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Great pictures! I wish i could attend such an event as that!

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Neil, I love the photo of the Waffen-SS in the rain. It, and the expressions on the faces, perfectly capture the essence of Beltring 2007 !

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Cheerful bunch eh? Some beautiful vehicles on show, thanks VP.

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I'm afraid I can't edit my post however I just learned that on the Thursday someone stole the muzzle break from the SBG's Panther. The mind boggles.

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Any more news on that Stefan? I've just heard the same from elsewhere but can't yet find any corroboration. The Brake (or 'a' brake) appears to be there on shots taken later than thursday.

I've also just found out that there is at least one T34/85 in this country with a non-deactivated main gun held under a class one firearms licence. Looks like one of those above but I'll have to check.

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The latter I did know and I believe it is one of the vehicles there owned by a chap called Tim.

No news on the muzzle break though, I'll let you know what I hear.

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Oh wow! Wonderful!

where was this?

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The Largest classic Military vehicle show in the world mate, held yearly in Kent, England.
I'd recommend any International ww2 obsessives planning on visiting the UK to try and squeeze the show into their itinerary, it really is world class.

War & Peace Show 2008 - Home
2008 show: 16th-20th of July.

Cheers,
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That should just about give me time to dry out - and save up some more money for books.....

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Some more pics taken by mates at this bizarre event:
(apologies for the slightly oversize nature of some. didn't want to resize other peoples stuff on a shared photobucket dump)