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Twenty degrees and a motorcycle ride mix really well so I went over to Ft. Sill last week and took lots of pictures. I'm not an armor or artillery guy but I figured somebody might like them.

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Brad

WOW

Tim

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Wow....Thanks.....Been almost 20 years......Too bad I did not have the bug then like I have now......guess I will have to make a visit and get some pics.....

Again,.....Thanks..


dave

I love the chocks on some of the tanks.

Is someone is afraid they will roll away?

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Curtis Block

I've seen too many airplanes destroyed by the term "Static Restoration."

88mm FlaK 18, check

2S1 Zvosdika SPG, check



Why is all the cool stuff so far away!

Brad,
Was T-41B 67-15140 still there?
Regards,
Andy

Nice pictures

I wish I had known you were going there. I have been trying to ID the artillery piece for a while and the picture I took of the plaque didn't turn out:

It is driving me crazy.

Is the XM2001 gone? How 'bout the new museum, it is finished?

There is a big piece of the Berlin wall in Snow Hall and lots of neat places to see in the area. Though most folks think there is nothing but nothing in that part of the country.

Museum of the great Plains

Mount Scott

Medicine Park

Wow, that's really cool stuff.

Thanks for sharing!

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David
1953 M38A1 jeep owner
& Student Pilot soloed 09/09/06
USAF 1984-1986

Cosmo, Its a XM-104 self-propelled Howitzer, this came from online,
"The XM104 is a self-propelled, full-tracked, 105mm howitzer. It is capable of being transported by HC-1B Helicopter or assault aircraft and delivery by airdrop. The vehicle carries a four-man crew and is designed to provide closein artillery support. The chassis is of riveted aluminum constructio with no superstructure and with an independently mounted gun at the rear of the chassis. A mechanical operated spade, mounted at the rear of he vehicle, and set of hydraulic suspension lock-outs anchour the vehicle during firing"

Nice pics

wow the memories !!!!! Thanks, Brad

In the Dark Ages, Dad* was stationed there when I was 3-4....Only memories were seeing my first tornado and stepping on a scorpion during 4th birthday party and being taken to the emergency room. Wonder why I never went back to visit

*flew L-Birds and helos while there - nice to see those pics

Cozmo,

Armyjunk2 beat me to it but yes that is the XM104.

I didn't see the XM2001 anywhere. The new museum is still under construction but it looks like it will be really nice when it's done. You could easily spend all day just roaming around and reading the historical markers on the old buildings. I'm of the opinion that there is more "nothing" here than anything else though!!

Andy,

Yes the T-41 is still there. I missed posting it somehow. In the old balloon hanger I saw a few more helicopters that belong to the museum but I couldn't get pictures through the window. I'll try and go back over there and get inside to see what is all there.

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Brad

You made my day, and its early. Thanks.

I've been searching for that information for a long time.

Wow. Nice pictures indeed. That's a place I'd like to visit someday and find out more about the L-bird training program that was run there.

Ryan

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Websites: Texas Tailwheel Flight Training, DoolittleRaid.com and Lbirds.com.

The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD. - Prov. 21:31 - Train, Practice, Trust.

Sounds like quite the time

Thank you for posting these, Brad. That is an incredible collection.