Canadian War Museum vehicles

[BarleyBop]

Here is a link to a site which features vehicles from the museum along with some background info and photos.
... and guess who lives nearby?
With the renos done, maybe it's time I go check it out?

I have no military or heavy vehicle experience.

I should just go and soak up the vibe of these war machines, their weight, the lethal purposefulness of all that iron and steel.

 

[Jakko]

Heh:

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3231598)

Privates M. Voske and H. Browne of the Calgary Highlanders examining a captured German radio-controlled Goliath tracked mine, Goes, Netherlands, 30 October 1944.

The museum may be in your area, the place this photo was taken is in mine — maybe 30 km away I'm pretty sure I know approximately where that photo was taken, but I can't find it on a quick search.

(The caption is wrong, though: this is a wire-controlled Goliath, not a radio-controlled one. You can tell by the "bumper" on the back, which is actually a cable guide. Not to mention the spool of cable visible just in front of it in the museum photo.)

Anyway: go visit the museum!