This Military Vehicle Museum is INCREDIBLE! | American Heritage Museum

[@michaelkadlub1528]

The M1A1 on display there is from my Tank company Alpha Co 2nd Tank Battalion USMC while we were deployed to Iraq in 2006. Sgt G Ulloa was one of my Marines and was the Tank Commander of White 2 of 2nd Platoon. If you watch the video that plays near the Tank you will learn his story of how he was KIA Aug 3rd 2006. I was the Platoon Sergeant for 2nd Platoon during that deployment and George was one of my Marines. So that display has a very special meaning to me and remember each of the displays there have a story behind them. They are there to honor and serve as a reminder that brave men fought and lived on these vehicles, and they are not to be forgotten. Again all the thanks in the world to the Collins family for their hospitality to us on our visits there and their commitment to saving these awesome pieces of history. MSgt Michael Kadlub USMC Ret

[@SpruesNBrews]

Thank you for your service, sir - it's always a special moment when you make your way over to that side of the museum to look at the M1A1. Take care & be well.

[@m.carney822]

The American Heritage Museum is amazing! I spent the better part of a day there this past April with my cousins. Did you go to the Airplane Hanger? Most everything flies. The Armor collection is one of the best in the country.

[@DaveyChainZ69]

That's a great museum, but hands down the Imperial War Museum is the best war museum. If you're ever in the U.K. a must see.

[@customdioramics7961]

On the "To Do List".

[@SpruesNBrews]

Awesome!

[@garyduffy5953]

That was a super video. Thank you.

[@nicholaskindred929]

Wow , fantastic !. Need to make the long trek to go see that. Thanks for showing us.

[@SpruesNBrews]

Thanks for watching!

[@scottkut6622]

Phenomenal Hank! Thanks! Can't wait to go...a 5.5 hr drive. I will make a weekend out of it!

[@SpruesNBrews]

There ya go!

[@derickl436]

Simply wow! What a great way to display the exhibits.

[@kenl5010]

My first visit there I was amazed to what they had on displayed. The second time was for the reenactment "Battle For The Airfield" weekend. The collection in the other buildings that are only open on special days are equally impressive. At the time I wasn't into modeling when I visited the museum. I got to ride in there B-17 two weeks before it went down.

[@TheNecrisGod]

another reason to visit the states. greetings from switzerland!

[@SpruesNBrews]

Hello! It's definitely worth stopping by 😁

[@Ryker06]

Great video and enjoyed seeing the museum. Well done - again !

[@SpruesNBrews]

Thank you - glad to hear it!!

[@steveg3981]

Awesome. Never heard of this place. Fantastic collection. Gives me another reason to watch the Blue Jays in Boston

[@SpruesNBrews]

There ya go! That's great!

[@snook279]

Great video! Thanks for helping me learn of another museum I need to visit!

[@SpruesNBrews]

Fantastic!

[@scifi_dragon]

I've been to the Aberdeen Proving Grounds military museum - a fantastic collection of WW-II AFVs. This collection is even more impressive, due to its wider range of subjects if nothing else. Thanks for the tour!

[@chrispacer4231]

Yep, the KALAMAZOO AIR ZOO… In KALAMAZOO… Has a bunch of NAVAL AIRCRAFT… pulled up out of LAKE MICHIGAN… I will be watching this again CHRIS from OHIO 🇺🇸 another great job….. CHRIS from OHIO 🇺🇸

[@leslietarkin]

Thank you for sharing! I've not heard of this museum before. My hubs & I shall plan a trip there. Cheers!

[@SpruesNBrews]

Very nice - enjoy! 👍

[@ljscalemodels526]

Hey Hank great video, cheers Liam

[@SpruesNBrews]

Glad you enjoyed! Thanks 👍

[@wadeducheneaux1467]

Thank you for sharing this. I did not know about this museum but it is now on my "to visit list."

[@firebpm4977]

very proud to have been a small part in helping the AHM get going ! I was part of a group that helped cosmetically restore some of the tanks and move others. For 30 bucks, its entirely worth the cost!

[@SpruesNBrews]

Oh wow - that's great!!

[@davidrobinson4118]

Wow, that museum looks amazing. The curators and everyone involved in it can be justly proud of what they have achieved, awesome. It's a bit far for me to visit, I'm in the UK, so thanks for giving us this tour Hank. Take care and happy modeling.

[@767aviation6]

Been 3 times now over the years. Amazing to have some much history locally.

[@SpruesNBrews]

I totally agree - get there every chance I can!

[@gijoemasters]

So a buddy of mine is a volunteer at the museum, they've recently added a refurbished holocaust rail car that still has some of the original wood and frame. It's a fantastic museum and every October they hold the Battle for the Airfield reenactment that actually uses some of the vehicles that are on display such as the Hetzer tank.

[@jeffwhite1979]

Thank you so much for sharing, Hank!

[@joeshmoe9978]

Looks like a great place. The M551 Sheridan was pretty cool.

[@SpruesNBrews]

Definitely!

[@pilotsharkshanger9182]

Roger That! c 3/7 cav

[@chrispacer4231]

Lets see… Where I live in OHIO… There’s a bunch of MUSEUMS WILLOW RUN, DETROIT the B-24 factory AMERICAN HERITAGE MUSEUM… In PORT CLINTON OHIO… Of course, THE AIR FORCE MUSEUM, in DAYTON OHIO… KALAMAZOO AIR ZOO in KALAMAZOO MICHIGAN… there’s quite a few small museums ( PRIVATE ) owners Around my area… The TANK MUSEUM on the INDIANIA / ILLINOIS border It’s on INDIANIA side… Yes, I watched this a few times CHRIS from OHIO 🇺🇸

[@stevedrake1861]

Nice job, Hank.

[@SpruesNBrews]

Thank you!

[@brandonrush3269]

Awesome place! I hail from Southern NH so am fortunate to have been here many times. Truly a hidden diamond

[@Mike-mm4mx]

Great museum, thanks, had no idea it existed the displays are very well done and I especially liked Hartmann's Me109g awesome restoration! Would love to visit USA one day to see it. My birthday is 4th July believe it or not so hope they roll out the red carpet for me if/when I do!

[@SchmidtJim]

Great video! I have some local favorites but the presentation of the artifacts at the one in your video is spectacular! I live in Austin and the local “Texas Military Forces Museum” is fantastic - esp their focus on the 36th Division- some great and large dioramas provide some great modeling inspiration- they put on good living history events The 45th Division museum in Oklahoma City is another favorite that I’ve seen often My all time favorite is probably the Flying Heritage and Combat Armor museum near Seattle which recently re-opened Great content as always, Hank!

[@SpruesNBrews]

Awesome! Thanks for the suggestions - I'll add them to the visit list!

[@timohara2259]

Hi Hank. Tim all the wag from Townsville, North Queensland Australia. Great looking museum, im so lucky to live down the road from Australias best millitary museum, the Australian Armour and Artillary museum. I suggest you look it up, we are also very blest to have a running Panther tank here. It is the largest in the souther hemosphere. Keep up the great content, and good to see something away from the bench, could you have a beer there as gou walked around, ha ha ha....

[@julianlineham]

Fantastic, look forward to hopefully visiting one day

[@SpruesNBrews]

It's worth the trip!!

[@kevinlee9247]

Wow, thanks for sharing. Boston is about 5 hrs drive from where Iive. Need to go soon.

[@Wulfemeister]

Great video. Never knew it existed! I would love to take a tour of it one day. Thank you for sharing.

[@SpruesNBrews]

Sure thing - definitely worth a visit!

[@jbrown7403]

Great tour! Thank you and plan to visit some day. I’ve been to the Imperial War Museum in London twice and it is fantastic. This one in Boston has many exhibits that seem to be on par or even better 👍

[@SpruesNBrews]

It's such a great spot - worth checking out if you ever get the chance!

[@mikec2810]

Thanks Hank that was awesome! Is it anywhere near Gloucester,MA?

[@SpruesNBrews]

About an hour west!

[@dekon70]

AHM is awesome. Always go to Battle for the Airfield. Also went last year when they flew the Nieuport .

[@lesthiele4921]

Hi Hank that was a fantastic tour of the AHM, thanks for the tour, I would like to visit one dat, as they say, dreams are free and the government can't tax our dreams, well not yet, best regards from Australia 👍👍👍👍

[@shlamushaaretz5357]

Wow, gotta make it there one day. Thanks for sharing.

[@SpruesNBrews]

It's a great spot! Thanks for watching 👍

[@jamesgrant7784]

Fantastic and Mr. Uncle lives in Surrey MA so I will check it out big time.

[@FB2ABG]

The M41 Bulldog is my favorite tank, so it was really cool to see it on video.

[@SpruesNBrews]

It's a great one!

[@MelonStories1941]

Having a little trouble on my air fox Concorde, do u have any tips?

[@Jlafa1460]

That was an awesome video of the museum. Ive been there and it is the best one I have ever been to. Ive been to the Patton Museum at Fort Knox but that was back in the 80's not sure what it looks like now but the American Heritage Museum is set up so well. Im glad I live about an hour away and plan on many visits in the near future.

[@SpruesNBrews]

It's such a great place - I'm there every chance I get!

[@donnaldjohnson659]

The museum at Knox has been dismantled for the most part, I think everything has been to moved to FT Moore (formerly known as Ft Benning). I was at Knox about 10 or 12 years ago, and that was the case then. Kind of sad actually.

[@Jlafa1460]

@@donnaldjohnson659 that sucks because that was a good museum

[@yuyan5683]

I just visited this past Friday. The collection is absolutely breathtaking. It's especially nice that the interiors of the vehicles are on display and nicely lit as interior photos can be difficult to find online.

[@SpruesNBrews]

For sure - such an incredible spot

[@danknispel4588]

Thanks for the share. If you ever get down here to Florida let me know and I'll give you a tour of our little (and yes I mean little) military museum.

[@SpruesNBrews]

Sounds good to me - thanks!

[@trollwholivesu7258]

I went there about a year ago, my top 3 were definitely the type 4 Ho-Ro, stug III, and V1

[@SpruesNBrews]

Some great picks! I like those ones, too!

[@Peecee711]

Years ago when my sons were young, we took several day trips from Bucks County, PA, to Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. Truly memorable and unique events. There was a vast collection of captured, unrestored enemy armaments from WWI through Viet Nam. Probably the most complete collection in one place. They were unrestored, not protected from the weather, and suffered degradation from the elements and age(picture all the rotted and collapsed rubber tires and tracks). Imagine seeing a gigantic rail gun, V-2 rocket, and Nebelwerfer. Many of the armored vehicles showed the effects of anti-tank rounds. In addition there was a huge collection of US armor and vehicles. One cannot grasp the extent of the collection because much if not all has been dispersed to other bases. Maybe they will be restored? There was also a museum dedicated to small arms. A complete collection unseen elsewhere. Now a digression. This past winter my wife and I took a tour of SE Asia, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand. The Vietnamese were uniformly respectful, friendly and showed zero animosity towards Americans. Hanoi and HoChiMinh City(Saigon) are modern urban areas, the countryside is still very rural. We visited the Hanoi Hilton and it was somber. John McCain’s story was treated extremely respectfully, though the torture and deprivation of the prisoners was underplayed or not cited. Also visited CuChi tunnels. Saw much captured and abandoned US materiel . More bomb casings and mortar rounds than one can count. Overall an awesome and somber experience. One must remember that Vietnam is an authoritarian country and always be mindful of that fact. It is also sobering that with all the turmoil around the South China Sea that Vietnam may turn out to be one of our most dependable allies. 1972-74, I was a US Army CPT, stationed at Ft Carson. I was never in Vietnam before this last trip. .

[@Chilly_Billy]

I've been meaning to go here for several years. Gotta make it happen.

[@SpruesNBrews]

Definitely! It's incredible

[@chrispacer4231]

WOW, I’m jealous… In INDIANIA , on the INDIANIA and ILLINIONES BORDER, there’s a museum called????? The ARMOR MUSEUM Correct me if I’m wrong I’ll watch this again… CHRIS from OHIO 🇺🇸

[@JasperJokerII]

Friend of mine was just there last week. Got a behind the scenes tour

[@SpruesNBrews]

Very cool!

[@donnaldjohnson659]

Give the Heartland Military Museum a go, in Lexington, Nebraska.

[@Cadfael007]

The Hetzer 38t is a post war tank from Switzerland as you can see by the rear wheel. But most Hetzers in museums are Swiss Army Hetzers with changed (or not) rear wheel.

[@SherlockSpiner]

I love the 1/1 scale dioramas I don’t have room to make one so I’ll stick with 1/35 scale for now😅

[@bobwilliams6752]

Do you know where they got the Panther from?

[@k-man689]

Hank.. excellent job on this video, in my opinion.. I actually volunteer there and was the guy on the knee scooter in the first part of the video.. bum ankle... sigh..

[@SpruesNBrews]

Ahh yes! I believe we talked for a bit! Thanks for watching (and volunteering) 👍

[@12am_scale_modeling]

Went there yesterday!

[@SpruesNBrews]

Lucky Duck!

[@jackshobbystation1867]

You should go and see all of the tanks at the fort benning armor museum, it’s not the actual main museum outside the entrance, but it’s a big building with the rarest and 1 of a kind tanks in the world

[@jackshobbystation1867]

Fort benning ga

[@jackshobbystation1867]

But unfortunately there only open 3 times a year, but there open on June 14th and 15th

[@stevebarnes9694]

If you had to pick the 5 best military museums in the country.....aside from the smothsonian and the air n S.....what would those 3 be? I prefer aircraft but love armor. I may do a motorhome roadie.

[@cbz3237]

Been there before the pandemic, excellent museum!

[@SpruesNBrews]

Definitely - worth a trip back, lots of new stuff!

[@MD-qm6gy]

That's definitely not the only Panther Ausf A in North America. There's a restored one on display in the Lebretton Gallery of the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa. There are 3-4 more in Ft. Benning GA.

[@SpruesNBrews]

It's the only one in full running condition 👍

[@gregtarris9057]

What is the admission? Is there a veteran discount?

[@SpruesNBrews]

Not sure on current admission fees, but there is a vets discount! And I believe it's free for WWII & Korea vets

[@jcwoodman5285]

I love that place!😊

[@SethLarry]

Very cool .

[@SpruesNBrews]

Thank you!

[@pilotsharkshanger9182]

Thanks will have to place this on my bucket list. Seeing that I have put many a mile and road many more in an ARAAV M551 is one of my favorites. C trp 3rd sqn 7th Cav 3rd ID. Scouts Out! CAVU

[@newlife-su7sd]

ARE these tank all real stuff used in ww2? or are they models? they are awosome!!

[@SpruesNBrews]

They're all the real deal!

[@newlife-su7sd]

@@SpruesNBrews maybe factory stock? they all look so new

[@kzintilord6145]

@@newlife-su7sd I've been there. These are all the real thing. The M4A3E2 "Jumbo" Sherman they have there has visible Panzerfaust damage to the front glacis. Jumbos were rare enough -- the fact that they have a real one with visible battle damage is remarkable.

[@newlife-su7sd]

@@kzintilord6145 wow! great piece pf hostory. wonder what happened to that german guy holding Panzerfaust... lol

[@MikeyRumi180]

is there a tiger tank in the museum?

[@k-man689]

No.. we don't have a Tiger.. I believe Bovington has one of the few Tigers remaining..

[@themodelingmancave5881]

do you live near there because i do too if you do we are not far from each other

[@SpruesNBrews]

Not too far, no!

[@alexanderfenning8648]

You can also pay to drive a sherman or chaffee little something people may not know.

[@SpruesNBrews]

Indeed! I talk a little bit about it at the end

[@alexanderfenning8648]

@@SpruesNBrews indeed it's a very good museum I hope it adds more tanks and other vehicles.