M59 APC. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

This is a M59 Armored Personnel Carrier.  They had a brief production life, 1954 to 1960, and were replaced by the long serving M113.  They replaced the also fully tracked M75, which saw use in the Korean War. The M59 saw some use in the Vietnam War.

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Amphibious vehicles of World War Two. National Museum of Military History.

Labels: 1940s, Military, National Museum of Military Vehicles, Tracked vehicles, Transportation, Trucks, World War Two, Wyoming (Dubois)

Amphibious vehicles of World War Two. National Museum of Military History.

GMC DUKW, the most common wheeled US amphibious vehicle of World War Two.

A LVT.

 

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Various World War Two Artillery pieces. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Labels: Artillery, National Museum of Military Vehicles, World War Two, Wyoming (Dubois)

M32 Tank Retriever, National Museum of Military Vehicles.

This is a M32 tank retriever, which is obviously based on the M4 Sherman chassis. These were used by the U.S. Army starting in World War Two, although a tank retriever based on the Lee/Grant chassis was also used.

These remained in use during the Korean War and into the 1960s when it was replaced by the M88.

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M24 Chaffee, National Museum of Military Vehicles.Labels: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Armor, Army, Army of the Republic of Vietnam, Korean War, National Museum of Military Vehicles, Vietnam War, Weapons, World War Two, Wyoming (Dubois)

M577 and M113. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

M577 Command Post with M113 Armored Personnel Carrier.

 The M577 Command Post is based on the M113 and entered service in 1963.  They remain in use.

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M113A1 Fire Support Vehicle. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Labels: Armor, Australian Army, National Museum of Military Vehicles, Tracked vehicles, Vietnam War, Wyoming (Dubois)

M113A1 Fire Support Vehicle. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

This is an armored M113 personnel carrier of a type modified for the Vietnam War, in this case by Australia, where the M113 first saw combat service.   In Vietnam, they were often up armored to take into account their vulnerability.  The addition of the turret and cannon provides such an example with a Saladin armored car turret and 75mm gun.

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M88 Recovery Vehicle. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Labels: Armor, National Museum of Military Vehicles, Tracked vehicles, Wyoming (Dubois)

M88 Recovery Vehicle. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Still in use, the M88 Recovery Vehicle is a tank retriever based on the M48 chassis.

 Very heavily armored, it's outlasted the phasing out of the M48 and M60, and continues on in service.

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M60. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Labels: 1950s, 1959, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Armor, National Museum of Military Vehicles, The Cold War, Wyoming (Dubois)

M47 Tank. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

The tank in the photograph above is a M47 "Patton" tank, the successor to the M26 Pershing.  The tank had a limited production run, entering service in 1951 during the Korean War, and being declared a limited standard in 1955.  Production ceased in 1953, and the tank was deployed to Korea in small numbers for testing.

The tank was the third tank to be based on the M26, including the M26. The second was the M46 "Patton", which was an upgraded M26 which was used during the Korean War.

A M5 Stuart light tank is in the background.

Related threads:

The M26 and its children

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Japanese Type 7 305mm gun, National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Labels: 1930s, 1940s, Artillery, Imperial Japanese Army, Japan, National Museum of Military Vehicles, World War Two, Wyoming (Dubois)

M103 Heavy Tank, National Museum of Military Vehicles.

A M103 Heavy Tank.

A Cold War giant, the M103 served from 1957 to 1974, with its final years being used by the Marine Corps.  By the time it entered service, the M60b was already in use and the Army regarded the heavy M103 as obsolescent.

While very impressive in size, the tank was too big even for its own era, and plagued with various problems accordingly.

This one must be a rebuilding project.  It's the second one I've seen, the other being at the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center / USAHEC

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Mortars. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Labels: 1930s, 1940s, 1960s, U.S. Navy, Vietnam War, Weapons, World War Two

Korean War Display, National Museum of Military Vehicles

The Korean War has always had a special fascination for me, as my father was a Korean War veteran.

The T-34/85 is the tank we normally think of when we think of the T-34.  One of the greatest tanks of all time, it was the best tank of the Second World War.

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World War Two Naval Warfare. National Museum of Military History

Labels: Imperial Japanese Navy, National Museum of Military Vehicles, U.S. Navy, World War Two, Wyoming (Dubois)

German Light Transportation. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

 

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Two wheeled transportation. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Labels: 1930s, 1939, 1940s, German Wehrmacht, Motorcycles, National Museum of Military Vehicles, Red Army, World War Two, Wyoming (Dubois)

British and Commonwealth WWII Vehicles, National Museum of Military Vehicles.

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U.S. Marines at Iwo Jima. National Museum of Military History.

Labels: 1940s, Armor, Iwo Jima, National Museum of Military Vehicles, United States Marine Corps, Weapons, World War Two, Wyoming (Dubois)