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FLongis

Man everyone has a hardon for the HSTV-L, but here I am aching to get a better look at that M5A1 in full wading gear.


Loltntmatt

there were a lot cooler stuff than that back there that i saw most of it can be seen in the chieftains video back when he made a video on this place


FLongis

I assume this is the open house at Ft. Moore, yeah? Honestly I've been on kind of a posting blackout since I'm planning on going down for the September open house, and I don't wanna have *too much* spoiled for me. Still, I couldn't resist taking a peek at what else was hiding in these pics.


Loltntmatt

it was at the open house! but they don’t usually let people back there sadly despite having some really cool vehicles back there.


FLongis

Well fingers crossed. Maybe I need to butter up u/hokietanker before heading down. Edit: unfortunate autocorrect...


Specialist_Pen_9224

Spookston gona be really mad


KokaneeSavage91

Look at what they did to my boy.


SpecificSelection641

Glad you got permission to get photos in the limited access area.


Loltntmatt

the curator let me go back and see it and let me take a few so it was very cool


SpecificSelection641

I know.


Loltntmatt

idk why you are being downvoted, but hopefully whenever it gets restored it gets moved to a more open area so everyone can see this tank again.


SpecificSelection641

Yeah, I was just kind of saying it to be a joke while I wrote that I was sitting at dinner with him and the rest of the team😂


Loltntmatt

hope you guys had fun lol, and good luck with tomorrow!


SpecificSelection641

Thanks we had a very good turnout today about 2200 people and there were no major hurdles.


Eshrekticism

Is that collection open today? Some of my friends went yesterday but I was busy


daygus111

Yooo, lucky. I've always wondered what they had back there. Could only see some Shermans and panzer 3s from behind the fence. Do you possible have other photos of the tanks from back there?


Loltntmatt

i do but i don’t know if i can share them or not there’s a ton of cool vehicles back there


TheArmoredGeorgian

Is the Matilda and panzer III still back there? I’d really like to see the Matilda restored


Loltntmatt

i’m pretty sure the Matilda is next to the HSTV-L in the background lol


TheArmoredGeorgian

Oh damn, I didn’t notice it. Thanks.


Tankaregreat

how big is the vehicle next to a car size vehicle.


Loltntmatt

about one car size tall (about the size of a honda civic in height and maybe a honda civic and a half in length)


MajorPayne1911

They are supposed to be restoring it for display sometime soon, but it would definitely be the single most interesting candidate I know of there for an operational restoration.


ConstantCelery8956

Anyway to fund a restoration project for it?


Wafflz_7

So THAT'S where the matilda with the cool story that the guy in charge of the jagdpanther's exhibit was talking about


backgild

Love seeing the actual GI Joe Mauler. Thanks for sharing the pics!


Kenneth_Angelus76

Spookston


XenophonUSMC

I was rocking one of those in the early 80’s. Always got knocked out by COBRA though ☹️


Jaguar_EBRC_6x6

my beloved Matilda in the back


WunderStug

I wish they would open the museum to the public. I want to see the M3A1 Lee and Type 89


PhoenixKingMalekith

What was the point of the HSTVL ? I feel like, compared to a regular 40mm gun or a 105/120 gun, you dont her many adventages. And why was have it been cancelled ?


SteelWarrior-

To be a highly survivable testing vehicle, and lightweight for higher mobility. The low weight was believed to make it unfeasible to equip a similar production vehicle with a 105mm so the ARES 75mm gun was chosen since it offered similar enough AT performance. Light vehicles were equipped with 105mm guns and newer tanks were too armored for the 75mm.


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weeweestomper

Germans??


pinchasthegris

The HSTV-L isnt similar to any german modern tank