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Saumur backlot photos, 1970s?
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 9:45 am
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Some early colour photos from (I'm guessing) Saumur.















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PostPosted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 4:40 pm
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yes, that's Saumur, for sure. I recognize some of the vehicles.

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 9:10 am
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Yes, most of these vehicles are covered on PTC - if you click on a particular tank and look through its photos, those taken in the 1980s match closely with those above:

Preserved Tanks at Saumur

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Pre-production Jagdpanzer IV
Panther

It's complicated by the fact that Saumur has since given away many 'duplicate' vehicles. I think the Hummel shown is the one now in Germany, Panthers have gone for restoration to Germany, Falaise, and elsewhere, etc. (see the links at the top of the saumur page).

What's the source of these pictures? I'd love to add them to PTC.

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 3:36 pm
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Found them on this Spanish website.
www.forosegundaguerra....62&t=10671
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 1:08 pm
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This one's dated 1989

www.g503.com/forums/vi...p;t=168084
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 5:05 pm
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hello,

well, I don't think this photo shows the collection from Saumur, but rather the outside storage of wrecks and vehicles used for trials at Bourges (there is a factory of military vehicles; the Army Maintenance Superior School and the Bourges Technical Establishment (ETBS) storage area over there).

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:32 am
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An interesting array of armour there. I can see three Panther hulls, a PzIV, what looks like a Brumbar, along with 2 Shermans and 1 M10 (?).
What's the large, box shaped, superstructure mid left, behind the Panther with the missing side armour?
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:39 am
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A video here, shows a variety of Tiger 1 bits, amongst the massive heaps of bits in Saumur's back lot.
www.smugmug.com/galler...k25oA-A-LB
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:16 pm
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I think you are speaking about the Lorraine automoteur 155mm prototype (155mm howitzer on Lorraine chassis), built in 1952.

http://www.chars-francais.net/new/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1306



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That's the beast!
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