Nick's Model Tanks page Real Tanks

Nick's Model Tanks page - Real Tanks

The Jacques Littlefield Collection

What can I say. Amazing! A private collection in the hills amidst horses and live oak trees that rivals many famous museums! Not open to the general public, but a guided tour may be requested. Permission was graciously granted to publish some photos. I have many more to dig out but here is a taste to wet your appetite.

Light tank Mark IV. Notice the front panel is off. This was due to a cosmetic restoration (NOT by Jacques Littlefield who prides himself on performing the most authentic restoration possible) which used bolts that were not of the required strength. It certainly does look very nice though! I attempted to get an interior shot with only partial success.

Six ton tank M1917 - American built copy of the French FT17 using non-metric measurements which necessitated a virtual redesign.

A lovely looking Matilda II in "Caunter" camoflage. You can see the heavy armour castings and the small gun derided (with justification!) as a "pea-shooter". If only the turret could have held a decent gun! For a spell it reigned supreme in the desert.

M3 Scout car. Not used much by the Americans large numbers were supplied to Russia and the British used them too.

M3A1 Halftrack

M5 Light tank

M4A1 Sherman

M4A3E8

M5 Artillery tractor

M16 Multiple gun carriage

M20 Scout car

M22 Locust light tank designed to be air-portable

M26

M48. Has to be seen in person. A model does not do this tank justice. This is a massive, serious piece of armor! Also AVLB - "Armoured Vehicle Laying Bridge" - on M48 chassis

M60A1, M60A2

M18 "Hellcat"

M10 with 17 pdr - Achilles. This example has the side bolts

M36 - Looks to be one used post war in the desert - Israeli?

Pz Kpfw I Ausf A. Only 818 of these small tanks armed only with machine guns were produced.

NebelWerfer

Pak 37

Flak 36 8.8cm. Everyone abbreviates to '88' but the Germans tagged this as 8.8 cm.

Klienes Kettenrad

Kubelwagen

Hetzer

STUG III

SdKfz 222

SdKfz 11

SdKfz7

T34/76 This looks to be a T34/76D model, which introduced a new cast hexagonal turret. The twin hatches earning the nickname "Mickey Mouse". An improved cupola was introduced on the E model

T34/85

T54

T62

Israeli Super Sherman

M5 Israeli halftrack

Soviet cold war hardware -amazing! Kinda hard to photograph against the windows but the first pic shows tracked radar unit based on a lengthened T80 chassis I think plus a wheeled SCUD. Second shot shows a massive gun plus the radar unit - note the truck-like cab. Third shows the rocket business-end and finally a front view of the SCUD.