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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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Locations Visited (Tanks Photographed at Current Locations)
All Photographs (Includes Tanks No Longer at Visited Locations)
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Contributor Images - Photographs and Videos (click to expand or browse)
September 2011
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1: Trevor Larkum at the M3A3 Lee at São Gonçalo, ...
Taken: 3 September 2011
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2: Trevor Larkum at the M3A3 Lee at São Gonçalo, ...
Taken: 3 September 2011
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3: In front of the M41C at Linhares, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Taken: 3 September 2011
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November 1989
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4: D Squadron, 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (3RTR), Deilinghofen...
Taken: November 1989
Has Priority: 0
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September 1989
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5: On exercise on Chieftains in BATUS, Canada - original ph...
Taken: September 1989
Has Priority: 0
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August 1982
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6: A broken down Chieftain, 01 EB 56, encountered while cyc...
Taken: 26 August 1982
Has Priority: 0
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7: Right view
Taken: 26 August 1982
Has Priority: 0
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8: Front view
Taken: 26 August 1982
Has Priority: 0
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9: Rear right view
Taken: 26 August 1982
Has Priority: 0
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10: Rear view
Taken: 26 August 1982
Has Priority: 0
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11: The problem appears to be a broken idler
Taken: 26 August 1982
Has Priority: 0
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12: Top run of track
Taken: 26 August 1982
Has Priority: 0
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13: Suspension
Taken: 26 August 1982
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14: Turret top
Taken: 26 August 1982
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15: Engine deck, turret traversed to rear
Taken: 26 August 1982
Has Priority: 0
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16: View through commander's hatch
Taken: 26 August 1982
Has Priority: 0
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17: View through loader's hatch
Taken: 26 August 1982
Has Priority: 0
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