Aberdeen: T-34;Sturg-III;Anzio Annie;Hummel...

Funny you should ask. At the time I didn't know if this was French or Japanese, but I thought the paint job was descent enough to warrant a close-up.

 

Liang - fantastic pictures.
Thank you for sharing!

 

they are seriously wonderful pictures! I wish I could go there once.

 

We should organise a trip - get all the forum members to go!

 

You know what, that is a great idea! We could get to know each other too. Unfortunately, for some of us this will cost more than for others...

The German standard medium artillery piece was the 150mm. The Americans had the 155mm, the Russians had the 152mm and the British had a collection of inches I can't convert.

 

Well, 4.5 inch, 5.5 inch, 25pdr (what was the caliber on that, anyway?)...
I think we were just being deliberately obtuse...

as a very rough guide:

4.5 in = ~115mm
5.5 in = ~135mm

 

Wouldn't that be a blast? Another awsome place to visit is the D-day museum in New Orleans, Louisiana. I had the good fortune to visit there 3 years ago, from what I heard it now includes a new Pacific. Of course, being in New Orleans, there are other attractions that will keep you occupied as well.

 

Thanks liang.

 

very nice pics liang , I live in maryland and have visited several times to aberdeen proving ground and have taken some of the same pics with myself on them, very nice place to visit ,they almost have it all there.Im glad you visited here and had a good time, and I hope you enjoyed your visit to my home state, btw i hope you got to visit the museum as well. <S> and check ur six,,,,, trymee

 

I definitely had a blast visiting your state, and yes I also ventured into the museum and even met the museum director: Dr. Atwaters, he is the same gentlemen who appeared in so many history channel episodes.

 

Great pics.I was at Aberdeen about six weeks ago myself.That place is awesome.

 

One picture that I regret not taking was that huge US amry atomic gun, which was sitting right across from the German railroad gun. At the time I didn't know what it was or its historic significance.

 

Hi

As usual a totaly weird camo scheme....


Yours

tom!

 

Well it's not that weird. It's just that the aberdeen people have painted the wheels and suspension in this weird white colour. The rest looks pretty realistic for a pacific tank.

 

The guys at Aberdeen do seem very fond of white paint...

 

It's the same shade used for the computer game Battlefield 1942. That basically means it's not right.

 

yeah you might have a point there... it does seem a bit 'childish'. But at first sight it didn't seem very weird to me.

 

What was wrong with the color scheme? I thought it was quite artistic, and probably right at home in the pacific theater.