WW2 database of tank, carrier and vehicle names used by various regiments

[kevinT]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Thank for sending me the files Kevin, I have uploaded them to the MLU Google drive folder (as stated above):

WW2_AFV_vehicle_name_database

No problem Hanno.

If anyone can add anything or see any entry errors please let know.

Cheers

Kevin

[m606paz]

Great Job! Thanks for sharing!

[Lynn Eades]

A huge effort by you guys that put this together.

[Alex van de Wetering]

Kevin, thanks for making this list available for all of us to see! (and Hanno thanks for putting it online on the google thingy) As other said....excellent work.....what an extensive list.

One of the tanks I looked up was "Avalon", the Sherman Crab mk1 now in the Overloon museum. I see it listed as an M4, but it's based on an early M4A4 direct vision hull. I don't know of any wartime pictures, only pictures from 1946/47 when the museum had just opened, but I believe the name and census number are genuine.

[Harry Moon]

Thank you, very invaluable history .

[kevinT]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Kevin, thanks for making this list available for all of us to see! (and Hanno thanks for putting it online on the google thingy) As other said....excellent work.....what an extensive list.

One of the tanks I looked up was "Avalon", the Sherman Crab mk1 now in the Overloon museum. I see it listed as an M4, but it's based on an early M4A4 direct vision hull. I don't know of any wartime pictures, only pictures from 1946/47 when the museum had just opened, but I believe the name and census number are genuine.

Hi Alex,

We have tried to avoid using museum examples for names and numbers as they are not always what they propose to be. Museum examples are only used if there is confirming official paperwork/ photos.
AVALON is undoubtably a M4A4, I will update it accordingly.
Thank you for the correction.

Cheers

Kevin

[Alex van de Wetering]

Hi Kevin,

Well it was more a nitpick than an actual correction

We have tried to avoid using museum examples for names and numbers as they are not always what they propose to be. Museum examples are only used if there is confirming official paperwork/ photos.

I couldn't agree more. Far to often museum or monument vehicles have lost their true identity and details along the way, only to have them replaced by a made-up identity and markings.

But, that does make me very curious about Avalon. I am currently building a scale model of it, including the 20-ish Panzerfaust (?) penetrations on the right hand side...but there is some confusion about the true unit identity of the tank and how and where it was put out of action. Do you have any documentation that can shed some light on this?

Alex

[kevinT]

Hi Alex,

I have run a search across all databases (name list is 30+ years old) and emails (sad i know but i still have 10 years saved) and nothing has come up. The database does not have AVALON matched to a specific regiment, which regiment does the Overloon museum state it belongs to. If you can let me know I can then check to see if I have anything on that particular regiment.

Cheers

Kevin