Reading WW2 Weekend 2007 Photo Gallery by AC40 at pbase.com

Reading WW2 Weekend 2007

This year's show was the best in spite of the oppressive heat, humidity, and sunstroke. Lots more equipment this time and no B29 but they made up for that by having a Tiger tank which was deafening when they fired that big 88! There were more armored cars, flak and anti-tank guns,and a nebelwerfer (rocket launcher).

Several vets were on hand including a survivor of the Indianapolis http://www.ussindianapolis.org/ an ME262 pilot and the P51 Mustang pilot who shot him down (both sitting next to each other's tables), and some rangers from Point du Hoc.

The line to talk to R. Lee Ermey (the Maggot-Master from Mail Call on the History Channel) was too long to wait in but I got some pix of him with his beloved watermelon. See his site at http://www.rleeermey.com/introindex.php

Tiger Tank	Tiger Tank & Crew	Tiger Tank	German halftrack
Tiger Tank	Tiger's turret	Tiger Tank about to fire	Tiger headon
Tiger turret	Ready to fire!	Starting up the tiger	Tiger's 88
Zimmerit coating	American halftrack	FDR's car	German armored car
German flak gun	German halftrack	US Jeep with .50 cal gun	Mounted MG42
German halftrack	Armored car's guns	Ma Deuce	Dual 42's
German armored car guns	German mortar	German motorbike	German gun
PAK & flak guns	German AA gun	Another German gun	Nebelwerfer41
US Halftrack	bigger German mortar	PAK (German anti-tank weapon)	Sidecar with mg34
3 MG34's	British display	Flammenwerfer team	MG42 on lafette tripod
Dropbox of weapons	MG nest	MG34 on AA mount	Table full of weapons including FG42!
Dual 42's	MG34	Mounted MG34	MG34 on bipod
MG42 & Czech MG	MP40	MP40	MP40
MG34 action	MG34	MG42 action	MP40 collection
MP44 collection	Admiration	Cleaning the panzerb�chse	MG nest
MGs on tripods	panzerb�chse	Son of Sam & MGs	B25's 50 cals
B-17 landing	B17	B25	IMG_0657.jpg
Jap plane	Jap plane	IMG_0663.jpg	IMG_0664.jpg
B-17 landing	B-17	B-17	Jap plane
IMG_0708.jpg	IMG_0728.jpg	Jacky C - Warhawk	P-51 Mustang
Panchito (B25)	Yankee Lady (B17)	88 shell	D-Day rangers
Gottfried's photo	Gottfried	Gottfried signing books	German display
German ME-262 ace	Indianpolis survivor	German ME-262 ace's display	Indianpolis survivor's display
Indianpolis survivor	Maggot Master	Indianpolis survivor Mike Kuryla	Norden bombsight
Norden Bombsight	Russian sailor	Sam aiming Norden bombsight	Walter Schuck, ME-262 ace
Walter's Display	Wild Bill Guarnere (Band of Brothers)	Before the skirmish	R. Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermey	R. Lee Ermey	Skirmish	The crowd

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Guest		17-Sep-2009 20:39
schöne mp40 und die seltene schmeisser oder raritäten wie das fg42. hammer ! danke für die pics

sinead		02-Jun-2009 15:52
kwl

Wolfgang		12-Apr-2009 15:13
One of the Tiger Tank is not in a museum. He is standing on a parking place in Fance nearthe village Vimoutier

Guest		01-Apr-2009 02:56
That's not a Tiger and not an 88! But good pictures.

Stravonski		07-Aug-2008 16:55
I had read that there are only 6 surviving Tiger tanks in the world and they are in museums. They also used a T-34 rebuilt into a Tiger for the movie Kelly's Heroes. Too bad that so few authentic Tigers survive.

Shaun Weaver		20-Jul-2008 04:41
Nice site; thanks for sharing the photos. Hate to burst a bubble but that's a faux Tiger. It may be the authentic turret but look at it's placement on the hull, the size of the hull and the boggies. That is the prop tank built to film Saving Private Ryan; a dressed up Soviet T something. They had the real McCoy at the July 1, 2008 Tankfest in England. See the U Tube video.

Phil		04-Mar-2008 17:59
Nice pics! In answer to the question above, it is a mocked up superstructure on a T-34 hull and chassis. One of these was used in the film 'Saving Private Ryan' because they are lazy. The real Tiger Tank had overlapping roadwheels, in continuation with the German design of that nature. I really don't like the way it is not well advertised as a bad replica, I mean, it doesn't even look like a Tiger Tank!

Wolfgang		03-Jan-2008 20:42
Very nice pictures, but I think that is not a real Tiger Tank. Is it a rebuild? And did you know, what was the real Tank before?

Daniel ��rn�k		01-Jan-2008 15:41
Hi. I realy enjoy your pages. Could you recomend me some exhibition near Czech Republic? Thanks

George		08-Jun-2007 15:22
Enchanted and salivating all over. My problem is that I LOVE all kinds of weapons not as killing media but as pieces of machinery but in Greece even a 12 gauge shotgun needs permits all the other kinds forbidden. Keep on so that I can see pictures at least (reminds me the relationship between a beautyfull woman and a Playboy magazine). Thanks, George

Raik, Berlin		07-Jun-2007 13:34
Nice pictures. I wish I could be there. Thx a lot for the link.

Ren�		06-Jun-2007 18:53
beautiful shots i wish be with you & take nice photos have nice affter noon rené

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