Tankfest 2020 20th Anniversary
TANKFEST, the world’s biggest and best display of historic moving armour, celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2020. To mark this milestone, organisers are pulling together an…
WWI Luger Handed In: Tank Museum Wants to Trace its History
The Tank Museum is appealing for information about a WWI German-issued Luger pistol that was handed in at a police firearms amnesty in Wiltshire. The…
Single Day Tickets on Sale for 20th Anniversary TANKFEST
TANKFEST Single Day tickets are now on sale for the 20th Anniversary taking place 26-28 June 2020. Attracting visitors from as far as Australia and…
How Do You Restore A WW2 Tank?
Go behind the scenes at The Tank Museum Workshop’s, 26 October, to discover how they keep the Museum’s historic tanks running. Led by the presenters…
Guest Vehicles at Tiger Day: Hetzer G13 & Churchill Mark III
TIGER DAY 12 – 14 SEPTEMBER 2019 A German Hetzer, a Japanese Ha-Go tank and a Churchill tank will be guest starring for the first…
New Capture Story for World’s most Famous Tank: Tiger 131
The Tank Museum has released a new video detailing how astonishing evidence came to light and changed the long accepted story of the world’s most…
Last WWI tank casualty identified – Eric Robinson
The last member of the Tank Corps to be killed in the First World War has been identified – and he died just days before…
Tankfest has announced a line-up of special guest tanks that will be taking part in arena displays
With just six weeks to go until TANKFEST 2018, The Tank Museum has announced a line-up of special guest tanks that will be taking part…
Tanks For The Memories: The First Ever Tank Commander, by The Tank Museum
The first man ever to command a tank in battle only volunteered for the secret mission because learning to fly aeroplanes was so dangerous, his…
From The Tank Museum: New Chapter In Story Of Tiger 131: Part 4 – 48 Royal Tank Regiment At Point 174
Three days after the attack on Djebbel Djaffa, B Squadron of 48 RTR was detached from 21 Tank Brigade and sent to Guhriatt El Atach,…
From The Tank Museum: New Chapter In Story Of Tiger 131: 3 – Major Lidderdale’s Recovery
The earliest documentary evidence from The Tank Museum Archive on the subject of Tiger 131 tells us that the tank was recovered from the battlefield…
From The Tank Museum: New Chapter In Story Of Tiger 131: Part 1 and 2
New research has added another chapter to the story of The Tank Museum’s most famous exhibit, Tiger 131. British forces disabled the infamous tank in…