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Sort Name (Surname): Larkum
Full Name: Trevor Larkum - Armour Archive
Photo Credit Style: T. Larkum
Email: trevor-larkum [at] armourarchive.co.uk (Replace [at] with @)
Websites and Links: Armour Archive
Location: Northampton, England
Current preserved tank interests and projects: Preserved German Tanks 1: A7V to Panzer IV
Preserved German Tanks 2: Panther to Leopard
Preserved Tanks in Britain
Preserved Tanks in the Netherlands


I have been interested in armoured vehicles since I was very young. I am the proprietor of Armour Archive and the creator and developer of PreservedTanks.com. I live and work in England, but fortunately have a job that allows me to travel to many other countries.

After graduating from Cranfield University with a Masters Degree in Robotics, I joined the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment on a short service commission. I served as a Troop Leader on Challenger tanks in Germany, and on Stillbrew Chieftains in Canada. I completed my service as an infantry patrol leader in South Tyrone and South Armagh, Northern Ireland. Since then I have worked on the software control of subsea vehicles for the oil industry, and gained a PhD in mechanical engineering, covering the operation of remotely operated vehicles.

I began travelling to visit tank collections when I was 17, mostly by bicycle originally, including around France, Belgium, Holland Germany. I began writing about preserved tanks in earnest at university, during my first degree. I have written and published books on Preserved Tanks in France, Preserved German Tanks and Preserved Tanks in Russia, as well as contributing various articles and items to military vehicle magazines.

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September 2011

Trevor Larkum at the M3A3 Lee at São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1: Trevor Larkum at the M3A3 Lee at São Gonçalo, ...

Taken: 3 September 2011
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Trevor Larkum at the M3A3 Lee at São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2: Trevor Larkum at the M3A3 Lee at São Gonçalo, ...

Taken: 3 September 2011
Has Priority: 0
    

 

In front of the M41C at Linhares, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
3: In front of the M41C at Linhares, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Taken: 3 September 2011
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November 1989

D Squadron, 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (3RTR), Deilinghofen, Germany - Lt Larkum (Troop Leader of 14 Troop) is in the front row, sixth from left
4: D Squadron, 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (3RTR), Deilinghofen...

Taken: November 1989
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September 1989

On exercise on Chieftains in BATUS, Canada - original photo lost
5: On exercise on Chieftains in BATUS, Canada - original ph...

Taken: September 1989
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August 1982

A broken down Chieftain, 01 EB 56, encountered while cycling to visit the Munster Panzermuseum
6: A broken down Chieftain, 01 EB 56, encountered while cyc...

Taken: 26 August 1982
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Right view
7: Right view

Taken: 26 August 1982
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Front view
8: Front view

Taken: 26 August 1982
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Rear right view
9: Rear right view

Taken: 26 August 1982
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Rear view
10: Rear view

Taken: 26 August 1982
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The problem appears to be a broken idler
11: The problem appears to be a broken idler

Taken: 26 August 1982
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Top run of track
12: Top run of track

Taken: 26 August 1982
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Suspension
13: Suspension

Taken: 26 August 1982
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Turret top
14: Turret top

Taken: 26 August 1982
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Engine deck, turret traversed to rear
15: Engine deck, turret traversed to rear

Taken: 26 August 1982
Has Priority: 0
    



View through commander
16: View through commander's hatch

Taken: 26 August 1982
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View through loader
17: View through loader's hatch

Taken: 26 August 1982
Has Priority: 0