VIRGINIA MILITARY MUSEUM

This museum is owned by Mr Coors who bought an abandoned airstrip near Nokesville Virginia and has spent years collecting military vehicles and related hardware.

Members of the 101st Airborne Division conducting memorial ceremony - For the memorial they brought dirt from both Bastogne and Iraq and spread it on the ground as you see here. The individual bending over doing the spreading of the dirt around the flagpole is a veteran of the battle at Bastogne in World War II. In the center are three current officers of the 101st who have returned from the assault on Baghdad.

Members of the 101st Airborne Division conducting memorial ceremony - For the memorial they brought dirt from both Bastogne and Iraq and spread it on the ground as you see here. In this photo two of the three officers from the current 101st are watching others spread the dirt around the flagpole visible here. Mr Coors, the owner of the museum and grounds is in the background wearing the black sweater.

View of interior of Hetzer showing periscopes. The white bar in center is a lever attached to the periscopes to operate them. In the lower center rear is the breach of the 75 mm gun. On the right is part of the ammunition rack.

View of part of interior of Hetzer tank - In the forground is part of the lever that operates the periscopes.

View of interior of Hetzer tank showing ammunition rack on the floor.

View of part of interior of Hetzer tank showing ammunition rack

View of part of interior of Hetzer tank showing some controls and view ports

View of interior of Hetzer showing part of driver's position with seat on left and cover of transmission on right. The black cylinder in front of the seat is the drive train to the sprocket wheel outside.

Hetzer tank on display at reenactment show . Standing in front is a reenactor in German uniform. At the far left is the rear corner of a US M-113.

View of part of interior of Hetzer tank. At the top is an opening to access an external machine gun. Below it is the control mechanism for sighting the main gun.

View of periscopes on Hetzer tank from outside

Interior view of Hetzer tank showing some controls

Partial view of interior of Hetzer tank showing the right front side of the crew compartment.

View of interior of Hetzer tank, On the right is a ammunition rack. On the left center rear we see the breech of the main gun.

Side view of Hetzer tank

Some of the reenactor group who display Russian army of World War II. - on a T-34 tank

Members of a reenactor group who depict Red Army of World War II.

Members of a group who reenact Red Army of World War II.

Members of the museum volunteer group depicting crew for Russian army of World War II on top of T-34

Members of Red Army reenactment group who camped at the museum for the exhibition.

Reeanactor group depicting Russian army of World War II. The individual on far left is a bonifide Russian emigre but the rest of these folks are Americans.

Members of reeanctment group depicting Russian army of World War II. Here the only genuine Russian is the fellow on the right.

Members of reenactment group for Russian army of World War II - father and son early in the morning after an all-night camp out.

Russian T-34 tank (one of three at the museum) on display at Coors museum

Another of the three Russian T-34 tanks on display at reenactment in Oct 2003

Russian T-34 tank on display - with slogan "to Berlin' on the turret

Russian T-34 tank with members of reenactment group

Russian T-34 tank with members of reenactment group

Russian T-34 tank with reenactment group. The dog, Patton, is outfitted with a typical Russian model World War II explosive kit on his back, look closely for the vertical trigger mechanism.

Front view of Russian T-34 tank

Engine compartment of one of the Russian T-55 tanks

View of rear of turret of Russian T-55 tank

View of engine deck of Russian T-55 tank

American Lee tank at Coors museum

US Army World War II halftrack - M3

Volunteers assisting at open house of Virginia armor museum. They are taking a machine gun off the T-55 tank.

Volunteers arranging for transport of one of the museum vehicles. In the background is a US Sherman tank.

Reenactor in uniform of British World War II tanker

Reenactor in uniform of German World War II Luftwaffe

A reenactor depicting a British paratrooper from World War II.

Reenactor in uniform of WorldWar II German officer

Reenactors in uniform of World War II German soldiers

Reenactors in uniforms of German World War II soldiers

Reenactors in uniform of World War II German and American soldiers

American aircraft

Reenactor in uniform of American soldier of World War II.

Reenactor in uniform of American World War II soldier

Reenactors in uniforms of American World War II soldiers

Renactors in uniform of American World War One Marines

In left forground is rear of Hetzer - in far background is British Chieftan. - American World War II aircraft overhead.

Some members of the reenactor group for Russian World War II

The unit of reenactors depicting Russian World War II army assembly.

Two of the reenactors of World War II Russian soldiers.

Roll-call time for the unit of reenactors deepicting World War II Russian soldiers.

Reenactors showing uniforms of Russian World War II soldiers.

Reenactor is seated atop a Russian tank.

Female reenactors standing on a Russian T-34 tank.

Turret of a Russian T-55 tank.

British World War II Bren carrier moving fast with 20 mm gun

Reenactors depicting American World War II soldiers - the 82nd Airborne paratroopers.

Reenactor depicting German soldier of World war II.

Reenactor depicting German soldier of World war II.

Reenactors in uniforms of German soldiers of World War II.

A display of various radio-controlled military models.

American soldier reenactors.

Clearing a jammed rifle during the live fire target practice.. An American is being helped by the German reenactor.

Another photo of reenactors wearing uniforms of American soldiers of World War II.

Reenactors dressed as World War US soldiers.

Reenactors depicting American soldiers in World War II. Among the weapons are two Thompson sub machine guns and a 'grease gun'.

Rear view of Hetzer

Rear view of Hetzer tank with two admirers

View of Hetzer tank showing periscopes and part of interior - on the right is recoil mechanism for main gun - on the left is the brown handle for the machine gun. and just to leeft of the periscope is the contol for the range finder. The white bar is part of the swivel mechanism for turning the periscope.