Tanks and Armored Fighting Vehicles preserved in Georgia: Cordele, Fort Benning, and Fort Screvin
One of the aims of this website is to locate, identify and document every historical piece of artillery and all armored fighting vehicles preserved in Georgia. Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these tangible pieces of our military history and the list you see here is constantly being revised as new finds are discovered and the data is updated. The photos have come from various contributors, but the author likes to “ground truth” the reports, so a good number of the photos are by the author unless otherwise credited. Any errors found here are by the author. It often happens that military monuments that are relatively mobile, have been moved for restoration or scrapped, sometimes they are repainted with different markings and serial numbers, or they are replaced with a different piece of kit. For those reasons, any additions, deletions, corrections or amendments that you may be able to add to this list of Artillery and AFVs in Georgia would be most welcome and may be e-mailed to the author at hskaarup@rogers.com. The primary aim is preserve our military history and to keep the record accurate.
Cordele, Georgia Veterans Memorial State Park
The Georgia Veterans Memorial State park was established on 4 December 1946, as a memorial to U.S. Veterans. The 1,308-acre (5 km2) park features a museum with aircraft, vehicles, weapons, uniforms and other memorabilia dating from the Revolutionary War to the present day.
(Michael Rivera Photo)
M47 Patton Medium Tank.
(Eoghanacht Photo)
(Michael Rivera Photo)
(Dsdugan Photo)
M4A2E8 Sherman tank.
(Michael Rivera Photo)
M3A1 General Stuart Light Tank.
(Michael Rivera Photo)
(Dsdugan Photo)
LVTP-5 (Landing Vehicle, Tracked, Personnel) , an amphibious armored fighting vehicle formerly used by the United States Marine Corps. It was designed by the Borg Warner Company and built by the Food Machinery Corporation (FMC) along with a few other companies. It was first accepted into service in 1956. S ome 1,124 basic units were produced, plus the specialist variants, and many saw action in the Vietnam War.
(Michael Rivera Photo)
LVT-3C Bushmaster.
Columbus, Fort Benning
(David Vergun Photo)
Model 1917 Six Ton Tank armed with a 37-mm Gun, National Infantry Museum, Fort Benning.
(National Infantry Museum Photo)
M3 Stuart light tank, National Infantry Museum, Fort Benning.
(John Helms Photo)
Bradley Armoured Fighting Vehicle, National Infantry Museum, Fort Benning.
Fort Stewart
(Erick Ritterby, U.S. Army Photo)
M1 Abrahms Maine Battle Tank, Bell AH-1 Cobra Attack Helicopter mounted on a pylon, Bradley AFV, 155-mm M109 SP Howitzer, 3rd Infantry Division Headquarters at Fort Stewart, Georgia.