Surviving AFV registry?

Inspired by Rosalind's post regarding surviving Panthers, I was wondering if people would be interested in working together to compile a list of surviving World War II AFVs. There are a few fragmented lists here and there, but nothing definitive.

It is of course an ambitious project, but one which should be quite feasible, if carried out over a period of time. Threads could be set up for each nation, and we could post information about the vehicles they know about.

What do you think about this idea?

 

I think its a good idea! =)
Only problem for me is that I live in Sweden, and I think that there aren't any museums here with vehicles from the ww2 era. Not 100% sure thou. =)

 

What about Pansarmuseet in Axvall? They have a really nice collection, including a Marder II.

 

seems a nice idea

 

of course we are not the first with this idea:
http://www.armourarchive.co.uk/

 

It doesn't look like it covers everything (only a few vehicles and countries), and themain problems is that it is in book form, which does not take into account vehicles which might have changed location.

 

I think it is a fantastic idea.

What kind of data should we try to provide? AFV type, location, condition, pictures, etc? Will it need to have actually been used in WW2 or just WW2 era?

 

If we go with this, I will volunteer to create a database (either on-line or downloadable) for the information. I can offer some web space, but not enough for pictures

Tom

 

JCalhoun
Any available information. Type and location (if in a museum) would of course be the only information we can get for a great many vehicles, but if there's background information on the specific vehicle, it'd improve the quality.

Ossian
I've got plenty of webspace. The easiest solution is to just use the forum, since we already have the option of adding images.

 

I think this is a great idea.I'd love to participate.

 

Well, you asked for it

http://www.fun-online.sk/forum/viewforum.php?f=26

 

Here in my part of America, it's not uncommon at all to drive from county to county and see a WW2 relic of some sort displayed on the courthouse square or in front of the VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) posts.

For instance...
Fowler, Indiana has an M4A3E8 Sherman sitting in front of their VFW club.

Linton, Indiana has an M-48 Patton sitting on static-display outside a local park.

Here in Bloomington, at IU's Memorial Stadium reside a pair of twin-40mm Bofors mounts and tubs--complete with mast--from I believe, the USS Indiana. As a kid, I loved to jump into the gunners'seat and pretend I was throwing lead out in front of attacking Japanese planes.

Shermans are common displays, as are various AA and AT guns. If this is true not just in Indiana, but across the nation... there may well be thousands of articles of military armor and artillery out there.

Tim

 

Not a lot of roadside WW2 stuff down here but lots of post war stuff usually at the VFW.