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The U.S. Army Armor & Cavalry Collection
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 22 เม.ย. 2020
The U.S. Army Armor & Cavalry Collection stores and maintains over 8,500 artifacts while we await a new museum building here at Ft. Benning, Georgia.
BAE Systems Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) Testbed Vehicle Arrives
The Armor & Cavalry Collection is excited to unveil our most recent arrival to the Tankodrome: the BAE Systems Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) testbed vehicle.
The U.S. Army's MPF program started in 2015 with the objective to field an armored fighting vehicle capable of providing direct fire support to lighter, non-armored maneuver units. In 2018, BAE and General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) were selected as finalists for the competition, and the Army ordered 12 testbed vehicles from each company. After Limited User Testing at Fort Bragg in 2021 through 2022, the GDLS MPF design was selected for production and fielding.
The organization that oversees the MPF Program, Program Executive Office-Ground Combat Systems (PEO-GCS), felt the BAE MPF design had many unique features and coordinated with the Collection to preserve one of the twelve testbeds for historic and research purposes. For the Collection, preserving an example of this vehicle is very important as it started life in the late-1980s as FMC/United Defenses Industries' Close Combat Vehicle Light before being selected as the 1990s Armored Gun System (AGS) designated to replace the M551 Sheridan. Defense cuts caused the AGS program to be canceled, but the design was upgraded and modified by BAE (who acquired United Defense in 2005) for the MPF competition. As such, this vehicle will help teach armored vehicle development from over the last 30 years.
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The U.S. Army's MPF program started in 2015 with the objective to field an armored fighting vehicle capable of providing direct fire support to lighter, non-armored maneuver units. In 2018, BAE and General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) were selected as finalists for the competition, and the Army ordered 12 testbed vehicles from each company. After Limited User Testing at Fort Bragg in 2021 through 2022, the GDLS MPF design was selected for production and fielding.
The organization that oversees the MPF Program, Program Executive Office-Ground Combat Systems (PEO-GCS), felt the BAE MPF design had many unique features and coordinated with the Collection to preserve one of the twelve testbeds for historic and research purposes. For the Collection, preserving an example of this vehicle is very important as it started life in the late-1980s as FMC/United Defenses Industries' Close Combat Vehicle Light before being selected as the 1990s Armored Gun System (AGS) designated to replace the M551 Sheridan. Defense cuts caused the AGS program to be canceled, but the design was upgraded and modified by BAE (who acquired United Defense in 2005) for the MPF competition. As such, this vehicle will help teach armored vehicle development from over the last 30 years.
For more on the U.S. Army Armor & Cavalry Collection, follow us at:
Facebook: ArmorandCavalryCollection
Instagram: armorcavcollection
Twitter: ArmorCollection
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Reinstalling Tiger 712's Tracks
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A year ago today, the staff and volunteers of the Collection gathered for a special event: reinstalling the tracks on our Tiger I after nearly a decade off. Here is a recap of that morning as the right side track went on. By the early afternoon, both tracks were installed and the Tiger was ready to move over to our new building, where it currently resides. The Collection's German Tiger I was re...
A (Quick) Walk Through The Tankodrome
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At the end of the summer of 2020, the Armor & Cavalry Training Support Facility (aka the Tankodrome*) was completed at Fort Benning, Georgia. In the nearly two years since, the small staff of three with volunteers and Soldier support have moved in 175 major pieces of Armor history with approximately two dozen more to still come. Since the spring of 2021, over 10,000 U.S. Army personnel have com...
2021: The Armor & Cavalry Collection Move Year in Review
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For many of us, 2021 has been a challenging year. Despite the hardships experienced, the Armor & Cavalry Collection perservered and continued the titanic move of historic armor pieces to our new facility, the "Tankodrome". This video captures the action, with the first images showing our starting point the first week of Janury 2021 to the final efforts the week of Christmas 2021. All of these e...
Reassembling the Last U.S. T28 Super Heavy Tank
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On 28 October 2020, the U.S. Army Armor & Cavalry Collection went to work to reassemble the T28 Super Heavy Tank (also known as the Gun Motor Carriage T95) into its full 90-ton, four-tracked configuration. The T28 will now reside in the new Armor Heritage Training Support Facility of the U.S. Army Armor & Cavalry Collection, its first indoor home ever. The T28 had been originally designed in Wo...
80th Anniversary of the WW2 U.S. Armored Force: Impromptu Tour! Tanks of the Armored Force
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Originally a Facebook Live presentation. The U.S. Army Armor & Cavalry Collection's curator, Mr. Rob Cogan, takes you on an unrehearsed and impromptu virtual tour of some of the Collection's World War II tanks in honor of the 80th Anniversary of the creation of the U.S. Armored Force. After World War I, the National Defense Authorization Act of 1920 placed all Tanks in the U.S. Army under the I...
American Expeditionary Forces Tank Corps Demonstration, 22 April 1918
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Originally posted in 2018 as part of the U.S. Army Armor & Cavalry Collection's "Tank Corps 100" anniversary program to recognize the World War I U.S. Tank Corps. On 22 April 1918, newly-promoted Lieutenant Colonel George S. Patton hosted the U.S. Army's General Staff College for a demonstration of his light tanks. The Army Signal Corps recorded this event, which you can now watch over a centur...
Does anybody know when the museum will be open to the public?.
This seems to be the equivalent of the national Air Force museum It would be nice to see the planes but its a military Base so i guess you can't go😢 Open to the public since forever
Wow my great grandfather was part of this, i wonder if he is somewhere in this footage. Just found a lot of his documents and aftwr research discovered he was part of yhe tabk corps and was in Meuse-Argonne and Saint-Mihlel under George S Patton Jr. Always hear about him in WWII but not as much in WWI. Awesome footage
It's crazy how much more has been done to and added to the collection since this video was made.
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But does it have SiriusXM?
Open this to the public already!!!!
👁👁
I want to visit so bad 😭
Look like copy cat of China VT 5 light tank😅
Well China copy cats Russia nd us so fair game
Except it's not, because this is simply a modernization of M8 AGS, a light tank from the 1990's.
What an insane collection!
Of course, only BAE would go with the most inconvenient design for a driver's hatch, on such a small vehicle.
What can it hit down range is what I want to know...
the BAE MPF should have been chosen! Taken out of the competition in March 2022 due to " non compliance " issues. What specifically? BAE, GDLS and the Army are silent and not answering when questions are raised. The fix was in from the get go for GDLS! I wonder how many people in the process got kick backs? The procurement system has been corrupted! Why does Congress been investigating this? Probably made some under the table as well.
I have noted that BAE Systems had a rather poor and mismanaged support program for their products.
Waaah the one I liked didn’t get picked. Must of cheated.
@@crimcrusader8459 interesting. I would like to know more. Thanks
@@nubgaming1013 okay.... Just what credentials do you bring to the table being an expert? Gaming? Please do share your knowledge on this subject please. The BAE entrant was an upgraded version of the M8 AGS ( armored gun system ) the Army adopted in the mid 1990s. 82d Airborne and 2d armored cavalry regiment were to receive 237 or so of them. I was assigned to the 82d and involved in the testing ,trials and recommendation process. Outstanding feedback from the soldiers using it. Was cancelled due to budget cuts. Clinton and a GOP Congress . Tradgic if not criminal on both political parties. Shame on all of them!
Bad crew ergonomics, almost 20 tons lighter than the General Dynamics competitor, no stowage space, inside is cramped and packed due to being basically a design from the 80s with modern electronics and systems inside.
Its essentiala bradley
Why its so noisy, and lots of squeaky sound?
I think its the rubber tracks.
I had warned them not to wash Abrams with too hot water.🤣🤣🤣
How could they cut the sides of the tanks? it's terrible.
if they didn't the army would have scrapped them after the war, the only reason why is because service men said they could be studied after the war for the next generation of designers, hence they needed to cut em to convince them to preserve it for study
The use of Chopin's Nocturne is beautiful - thank you for this! I hope one day to be able to visit this place when its open to the public
Those rubber tracks certainly make a big difference in both the sound and ground impacts of heavy armored fighting vehicles. I'm sure there are compromises with durability, but that was pretty slick.
Didn't realize how small it was
Yeah it only weighs about 40 tons
Nope it weights 26 tons, it's competitor weighed about 40 tons. It is this light due to being small.
Did it come with a shovel? 😅
When will you guys open to the public?
Britney is a thick girl.
Where are the cup holders?
I love how it casually rolls past what looks like a T-55 Enigma, T54E1 and T29. Nice lineup!
You are correct on those.
Good to see one has been preserved for posterity. Will it be kept in running condition?
That is all turret.
I'm so happy to see the T54E1 (second vehicle on the left at 00:23). Hopefully it gets restored soon!
Gotta be fun to drive such a unique vehicle
was there in september with echo company. very cool collection
Where is this at?
Fort Benning, Gerogia
Track tensioning button. We live in the future :)
That's cheating, using all that heavy equipment...😂
I'm a Helicopter Mechanic and I live seeing these video's! I live in Yuma, AZ and I'd LOVE to come see your facility! Keep up the GREAT work gentlemen!! 👍👍
When is the next open house where the public can attend? I would love to get to see these tanks!
I have never seen the opened up Track on the inside from one of these beasts, it does look odd not being symmetrical, no wonder the road wheel set up was a nightmare to maintain.
Of all the tasks on a tank, track maintenance was probably my least favorite, but the most vital. And hasn't gotten any easier over time.
Awesome stuff. 🇺🇸
I used to eat lunch and walk the museum grounds at APG. Glad to see this.
How about a raid on Bovington to find some stuff. Like a power unit. :)
I believe they use an engine that's similar to the original but much less fragile and they can use it a lot without worrying about breaking it since it's not the original. If they could get their hands on the same engine the Brits have I'm sure it'd work out nicely
I think I speak on the behalf of most of us that we are all very thankful for the work you guys do taking care of these vehicles. While it's a shame that these are not available for public viewing on a regular basis, I understand your guys' restraints and am just happy that these have been preserved. Kudos to you guys 🤙
Are all those vehicles real or are they imitations?
Well I'm guessing they're real, eh? The military does have decent access to real tanks.....
@@keystone117 yeah, I'm sure they have decent access to their own country tanks but to some rare russian or german ones as the Tiger 2 maybe not...
Every tank in the museum is real. Many of the German tanks were captured durung WW2, while many of the Russian tanks were captured in a variety of places (Korea, Vietnam, Middle East, or captured from the Germans who had captured it from the Soviet Union and started using it themselves in the case of the T-34/76)
@@JohnSmith-mk5jt thanksss
Outstanding!!!
Well done. I hope to get back to Ft. Benning someday. A-8-2 Harmony Church 1986