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

The photograph above depicts a US M115 8" howitzer. The basic gun saw service as a licensed British pattern first in World War One, and on into the Vietnam War.

Above is some sort of U.S, I think, anti tank gun, but I can't identify the pattern.

And the same is true here.  I can't identify what the artillery piece above is.

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British Universal (Bren Gun) Carrier. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Labels: 1940s, British Army, National Museum of Military Vehicles, Transportation, World War Two, Wyoming (Dubois)

British Universal (Bren Gun) Carrier. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Sort of an early APC, but receiving use almost like the Jeep, this is a British Universal Carrier.  The large star on this one would reflect late World War Two use in Europe, as all Allied vehicles started to receive this and similar paint schemes to make them more identifiable from the ari.

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M76 Otter. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Labels: 1950s, 1960s, National Museum of Military Vehicles, Transportation, United States Marine Corps, Vietnam War, Wyoming (Dubois)

M76 Otter. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

This is a M76 Otter, an amphibious cargo carrier used by the USMC in the 1950s and into the 1960s.  This one, apparently, was used by the Army.

The vehicle did see use in the Vietnam War.

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Miscellaneous wheeled transport of World War Two. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Labels: 1930s, 1940s, 4x4, 6x6, Military, National Museum of Military Vehicles, Transportation, World War Two, Wyoming (Dubois)

Miscellaneous wheeled transport of World War Two. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

International 4x4 truck.

2 1/2 ton 6x6.

Ford F8, a type of truck built in Canada for the Commonwealth forces.  This one is painted in German colors, at least for the time being.

Marmon Harrington 4x4 conversion of Ford truck in British service.

Fort GTB 1 1/2ton truck, a type mostly used by the Navy and Marine Corps.

Early Dodge 1/4 to weapons carrier.

Pacific Car and Foundry M26.

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British QF 3-inch 20 cwt anti aircraft gun. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Labels: 1910s, 1914, 1940s, 1947, Aircraft, Artillery, British Army, World War One, World War Two

Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go light tank. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

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M38 A1s, National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Labels: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 4x4, Artillery, Automobiles, Korean War, Military, National Museum of Military Vehicles, Radio, Trucks, Wyoming (Dubois)

M38 A1s, National Museum of Military Vehicles.

M38A1 with a recoilless rifle.

The first automobile I ever owned was a M38A1.

The prototype for the modern Jeep, basically, it entered civilian use as the CJ5, after entering military use in 1952.  Doubtless examples are still in use, and civilians varians are still produced by Roxor in India.

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M151 Jeeps. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Labels: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 4x4, Automobiles, Military, National Museum of Military Vehicles, Radio, Trucks, Wyoming (Dubois)

M151 Jeeps. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

The M151 "Mutt" entered service in 1959 and carried on into the 1990s.  It had fantastic off road capabilities, and was also fantastically dangerous, given its independent wheel suspension system.

The last Jeep to see general use in the U.S. military, it was replaced by HumVeh's, although speciality vehicles, and even modern commercial Jeeps, continue to see some use.  In these examples, the radio mount for a period radio is displayed.

I personally have a lot of experience from the 1980s, with both the M151, and this model of military radio.

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M32 Tank Retriever, National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Labels: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Armor, Korean War, National Museum of Military Vehicles, Tracked 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)

M24 Chaffee, National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Like the M26 Pershing, the M24 Chaffee shows the speed of armor evolution during World War Two.  A much more modern light tank than the M3, it remained in service until 1953 with the U.S. Army, and various other armies long after that.  The tank was heavily, if not terribly successfully, used by the ARVN during the Vietnam War.

M4 Sherman. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

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M577 and M113. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Labels: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, National Museum of Military Vehicles, Tracked vehicles, 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)

M60. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

The M60 was the great U.S. tank of the Cold War, and continues to be a great tank to this day.

Effectively an improved variant of the M48, so much so that in some armies it would be regarded as a variant of the prior tank, the M60 took all of the improvements to the M26 line of tanks over the decades and more or less perfected them.  Indeed, some of the improvements, such as the 105mm gun, were retrofitted to the prior M48.

M60s remain in use around the world in upgraded versions.

M48 Patton. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

The fourth tank to descend from the M26 Pershing, including the Pershing, the M48 was a long serving and very successful U.S. tank. It entered service in the mid 1952 in the U.S. Army, and it is still in service with various nations, including South Korea and Taiwan.

The M48 was the second of the US Cold War tanks to actually see action in a Cold War war, the M46 being the first in Korea, with the M48 seeing extensive use by the U.S. Army and Marine Corps in Vietnam.  The tank was already a second class tank in the US military by that time, the M60 having come on, but it was a perfectly modern tank and more than able to take on anything in theater.  The tank was later upgraded to near M60 capabilities with the change from a 90mm gun to a 105.

The M48 entered US service in 1952, and was last used in the National Guard in 1987.

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The M26 and its children

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M47 Tank. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Labels: 1940s, 1949, 1950s, 1953, 1955, Armor, Army, Korean War, National Museum of Military Vehicles, The Cold War, Tracked vehicles, World War Two, Wyoming (Dubois)