2016 Americans in Wartime Open House



The theme for this years open house is the Vietnam War.  In addition to the many features and events planned, the United States Marine Corps Historical Demonstration will be focusing this year on the war, and the Vietnam American Community will be setting up a display.  We are very exited to have Medal of Honor Recipient Col. Barney Barnum as our special guest.  Col. Barnum fought during the Vietnam War and he will be our featured speaker at this years event.





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2016 Open House
September 24 and 25
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days
“Tank Farm” in Nokesville, VA

Directions to the Event

Features and Events

Saturday

Vehicle Demonstration
U.S. Army Military Working Dog Demonstration
Medal of Honor Recipient Colonel Barney Barnum
11:45 – WWII Veteran Roundtable
Semper K9 demonstration
Vehicle Demonstration
Vehicle Demonstration
USMC Historical Company Demonstration



Vehicle Demonstration
Kevin Hymel (Patton Historian) & Book Signing
Semper K9 demonstration

Sunday

Vehicle Demonstration
Vehicle Demonstration
Medal of Honor Recipient Colonel Barney Barnum
11:45 – Vietnam Veteran Roundtable
Semper K9 demonstration
Vehicle Demonstration
Vehicle Demonstration
USMC Historical Company Demonstration
Vehicle Demonstration
Semper K9 demonstration

Open House

Military Vehicle Collection

The rumble and roar of vintage tanks.
A working World War II ambulance.
The agility of modern armored vehicles.

Thanks to our Chairman and  Founder, Allan D. Cors, the Museum has an extraordinary collection of over 100 operational vehicles from WWI to the modern era. These vehicles serve as a fitting backdrop for the stories of America’s men and women in uniform. The vehicles will be on permanent display and used for live-action demonstrations. Some of the vehicles include the following, plus many more:
M1917 6 Ton Tank
M3A1 Stuart Light Tank
M5A1 Stuart Light Tank
M24 Chaffee Light Tank
M4A1 Sherman Tank
M4A3 Sherman Tank
M10 Tank Destroyer
M18 Tank Destroyer
M36 Tank Destroyer
M3 Lee Tank
M7 Priest Self Propelled Howitzer
LVT4
M41 Walker Bulldog Light Tank
M42 Duster
MB Jeep
CCKW 2 1/2 ton Cargo Truck
WC 52 Dodge
Dodge Command Car
Dodge Ambulance
WLA Harley Davidson Motor Cycle
M113 Armored Personnel Carrier
M114 Armored Recon Vehicle
Rapid Deployment Light Tank (AAI)
Humvee Ambulance





Learn more about our founder and the Museum’s military vehicle collection in this
2013 featured article at MailOnline.com.

I'll be there in the afternoon on Sunday

I've wanted to go, but I believe someone here posted they have a strict "no guns" policy, which I believe applies to concealed carry.  

I've seen people open carry there before in years past...besides, reenactors are all over that place carrying everything from 1911's to MG42's.

I can't find anything about it on the website.  Haven't encountered this in years past.

Such a prohibition would be very curious, considering that the Chairman - Allen Cors - is also the President of the NRA.

Been wrong before, but.....

There were signs to that effect the last time I was there.

You sure you guys aren't confusing VMVA/AWTM with the Tank Museum in Danville?  They are the anti-gun place with signs displayed prohibiting all personal weapons.

I would love to see the signs that you guys say you saw.

I might be confusing the two.  Tanks are tanks, afterall.  

I was there 2 years ago, it was great.  Last  year was cancelled because of heavy thunderstorms, but we're going again and expect it to be just a good this year.  They had a scavenger hunt for kids where you collected autographs from veterans of every war to get a prize.

This looks cool, my boy may love it.
Do you have to register or can you just show up?

Dammit, you're right.  Totally my bad.

I'm surprised that nobody mentioned the ponytailed a-hole at Danville yet either.

They want you to register, but you can also just show up.

Damnit I'm working this weekend. Has been cool in years past.

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Really nice gig...the kids loved it!


The lego Missouri was awesome! My 5 year daughter lamented that she'll never get that lego set.


We only saw one mall ninja walking around with a plate carrier with a Glock, MK18 and machete.
My 3 year old pointed and shouted, "THAT GUY"...yup, he was that guy

Man, that show is so cool!  You can actually touch shit unlike a real museum.  I've got pics of my nephew sitting in all sorts of combat vehicles and holding all sorts of unique firearms.  The living history and reenacting guys are all cool to a man.  They've even had real Russians in the past.

Really good time, thank you whoever planted the bug in my ear to go.

Aberdeen has a decent set of old stuff.
They also have non-US stuff and damaged stuff.
Not sure if that part is public though.

It also has the defect of being in Maryland.

A whole state that has horrible handgun rules.
Even for transport.

Being an active base it will also have strict rules.

Unfortunately, the entire Ordnance Museum at APG and all the vehicles were moved to Ft. Lee as part of the last round of BRAC.  So, there is almost nothing left up at APG to see other than the building and the field where all the equipment used to be.  As far as I understand it, there's no budget to re-open a museum at Ft. Lee, so everything that used to be up at APG is in storage, likely never to see the light of day again, I'm guessing other than the railway canon which I suspect is too large to put into storage.

Sorry to hear that.
When I was a kid my father and my neighbor took us kids to visit.
It was so cool to visit then.

Story?

Here is an Arfcom link with many more photos:

http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1912735_Tank_Day_only_comes_once_a_year__pics.html

There is also a link to a Video toward the end worth watching:  

it's of a bunch of crazy Russians (are there any other kind?) who decide to just start up a Ruskie tank-destroyer that's been sitting in a goat field in Russia, untouched since the Germans surendured in 1945!  

They strike me as maybe being diesel mechanics by day.  But they just wrench on it a little, put fresh diesel in, and hook it to a generator.  Off it goes!

Don't know why they felt the need to torch a hole in the gun barrel though.

Me too.  I loved that place as a kid.

Here's a GD thread on the startup of that Russian tank-killer after 65 years:

http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1917270_.html&page=1&anc=bottom#bottom