1930's Tank photos

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Field Wear in the 30s for Tank Crewmen, Class A coat with Shirt a Neck Tie  

 

Troop E 1st Cavalry, that's the Regiment. 7th Cavalry Brigade Ft Knox KY 1938.

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M2A2 Tank of the  66th Infantry Fort Benning in the 30s.

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16 minutes ago, patches said:

M2A2 Tank of the  66th Infantry Fort Benning in the 30s.

Fort Meade it will be not Fort Benning.

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T1E1 Tank of the i2nd Tank Company Fort Benning like 1930 or so, 2nd Tank company redesignated 67th Infantry Company in 1932, then 67th Infantry Regiment there after.

[General Apathy]

2 hours ago, patches said:

M2A2 Tank of the  66th Infantry Fort Benning in the 30s.

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Hi Patches,

 

I love these old 1930 / 40's light tanks, I have owned a turret plaque off one for some years, can't recall now where I actually picked it up, heavy brass casting. 

 

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regards lewis.

 

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[patches]

19 hours ago, General Apathy said:

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Hi Patches,

 

I love these old 1930 / 40's light tanks, I have owned a turret plaque off one for some years, can't recall now where I actually picked it up, heavy brass casting. 

 

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regards lewis.

 

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Wow that is something, most rare we would imagine, too bad you don't have it anymore.

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7 hours ago, patches said:

Wow that is something, most rare we would imagine, too bad you don't have it anymore.

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Hi Patches,

 

thanks yes I think it's a really nice piece, pleased to say that yes I do still have it and displayed at home, unlike many other militaria pieces this is a once in a collector's life find, well my life at least.

 

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regards lewis.

 

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The venerable Christie.

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Hi Patches,

 

A couple of early ' sweetheart ' pins, added the matchbooks to show the scale.  

 

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regards lewis.

 

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Eisenhower at Fort Meade Maryland in like  1920-1921, he was the  executive officer and then as commander of the 305th Tank Brigade. He's standing by a French Renault FT. One source states the 305th Tk Bn had the big Mark VIII tank.

[easterneagle87]

My contribution, a photo I posted in "Can You ID" a ways back.  A pair of tracks from the 40th INF DIV , Camp Lewis , WA 1940

[Salvage Sailor]

Experimental Christie Combat Car T4, Schofield Barracks, T.H. 1940

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From my Pineapple Army Archive, Schofield Barracks, T.H.

 

Tank Traps?  Really?

 

Steel Cables and Concrete Blocks, Nope...

Barbed Wire?  Child's Play

 

Note Tank at upper left of photo

Barbed Wire Balls?  Seriously?

 

Bye Bye Suckers

 

 

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The All Arms Concept 1930 style. Only thing not in view is the Heavy Artillery and the Aeroplane

[mikie]

10 hours ago, patches said:

The All Arms Concept 1930 style. Only thing not in view is the Heavy Artillery and the Aeroplane

Interesting picture. What the heck is that wheeled thing on the far left? 

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M1916 37mm gun on a spoke wheeled carriage similar to this one on display with wire wheels

[12thengr]

On 7/17/2022 at 5:01 PM, easterneagle87 said:

My contribution, a photo I posted in "Can You ID" a ways back.  A pair of tracks from the 40th INF DIV , Camp Lewis , WA 1940

 The soldier clearly mis-labeled that photo. No place in Camp (now fort) Lewis is that devoid of trees.

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3 hours ago, 12thengr said:

 The soldier clearly mis-labeled that photo. No place in Camp (now fort) Lewis is that devoid of trees.

I don't know if Yaki-Vegas firing range was open then, but it could be there. 

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6 hours ago, easterneagle87 said:

I don't know if Yaki-Vegas firing range was open then, but it could be there. 

The place opened in 1942.

 

"From 1942 to 1946 the U.S. Army leased 160,000 acres (650 km2) of land in the area for the Yakima Anti-Aircraft Artillery Range. Then in 1951 the Army purchased 261,000 acres (1,060 km2) for the Yakima Firing Center, which would become the modern Yakima Training Center."

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10 hours ago, 12thengr said:

 The soldier clearly mis-labeled that photo. No place in Camp (now fort) Lewis is that devoid of trees.

Could be at the Mojave Anti-Aircraft Range, the place that would be renamed Camp Irwin, Mojave Anti-Aircraft Range opened sometime in 1940, or more likely Camp Merriam this place would be renamed Camp San Luis Obispo in the early in war, Camp Merriam, there was two of them apparently, one up at San Francisco opened in the Spanish American War, and this one located down  south, opened in 1928 for the California NG and we imagine, the Reserves, the 91st Division in particular.

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A Crewman unit unknown 1938.

[Salvage Sailor]

On 6/27/2022 at 12:58 AM, General Apathy said:

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Hi Patches,

 

thanks yes I think it's a really nice piece, pleased to say that yes I do still have it and displayed at home, unlike many other militaria pieces this is a once in a collector's life find, well my life at least.

 

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regards lewis.

 

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Here it is again, 11th Tank Company Schofield Barracks, T.H.

 

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On 7/18/2022 at 2:43 AM, Salvage Sailor said:

From my Pineapple Army Archive, Schofield Barracks, T.H.

 

 

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Hi Salvage Sailor,

 

a couple of early collar brass that match up to the ones painted on the tank and wheeled armoured car.

 

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regards lewis.

 

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13th U.S. Cavalry Mechanized, Fort Knox, Ky., June 16th, 1938, Col. C.L. Scott command'g. digital file from intermediary roll film copy

Goldbeck, E. O. (Eugene Omar), 1892-1986, photographer
National Photo & News Service, copyright claimant

 

 

 

 

[General Apathy]

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I have the crossed rifles plaque from a 1930 tank,  nice to see this front cover of a 1940's LIFE magazine with a brass crossed sabres plaque, hopefully it's not been posted previously 

 

 

 

cheers lewis

 

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