Tanks in Town, Mons, Belgium: 28-29 August 2004

[Hanno Spoelstra]

http://www.tanksintown.be/

Predominantly tracked armour, including T16 carrier, but also some CMPs. I hope to make it there this year.

Hanno

[cmperry4]

Happened to see some newswire photos of parade from Mons on Sunday, the 29th.

One featured a Stuart, which was said to be an actual tank which had taken part in the U.S. Third Army liberation, had British bridge plate on it, and was said to be named "Fish and Chips"

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...bru10108292012

There looks like a GPW in the background, and a motorcycle, but I coudn't tell what it was - looked maybe BSA or Norton. Another pic was of a 6x6 truck, which I think may be a Diamond T T968.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...bru10508292050

Thereis also a cabover truck in the background, might have been a GMC AFKX or similar.

Looks like a Sherman here:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...bru10408292056

Last week there were shots from Paris with a multi-gun halftrack (M2-M17?), a Greyhound, and what looked like a Dodge WC in the parade.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...1984483060.jpg

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...par11908251617

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...s_wl/mdf673671

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...r605734963.jpg

I hope the owner was OK with the gal dancing on his truck.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...par11108251352


Anyone know these folks?

[Darrell Zinck]

That's cool.

I lived in Mons for 5 years and clearly remember that Stuart parked in the garden. I'm glad the town and auto club decided to make her a runner. Their museum has many interesting little tidbits including a fuselage section of a Bf 109 the fished out of a pond near the house I used to live in!!

Thanks for posting that, Hanno.

BTW all those yahoo links are dead-ends now.

regards
A