Some new additions and works in progress at the National Museum of Military Vehicles.

M47, part of the series of tanks that are labeled with the term "Patton Tank".

British Chieftan, a British Main Battle Tank that was in service from the 1960s through the 1990s.  It was a very good tank design.

This appears to be a General Motors XM1, an experimental tank that competed with the tank that became the M1 Abrams.  This seems to be the only surviving example in the world.

M110 Howitzer.

 

Some Gave All: French Military Museum at The Invalides

Some Gave All: French Military Museum at The Invalides:

French Military Museum at The Invalides

These are photographs of the absolutely incredible museum at The Invalides, a structure which was originally a French hospital but which was converted by Napoleon to military use.

All photographs by MKTH.

The amount of material at this museum, including these cannons, is absolutely incredible  Everything from and about French military history can be found there.

These are small artillery models.  Incredibly detailed.

Model soldiers depicting Napoleonic Wars era troops.

Martial musical instruments.

Coat and hat of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Napoleon's hat.

Napoleon's horse.

Portrait of Napoleon as Emperor of France.

Russian uniforms of the World War One and civil war period.

This uniform reflects the typical French uniform of the Franco Prussian War period on to early in World War One.

Uniform of German landser, World War One, post 1915, with Maxim 08 machine gun.

M1916 German helmet with death's head, as used by Freikorps units.

Polish uniforms circa World War One.

American Army uniform as worn in Siberia by American troops committed to Russia during World War One.

Flag of French forces that were committed to Russia from 1914 to 1919.

World War One era French cavalry display.