Tanks in Town, Mons (Belgium), August 30th/31st 2008

[carrierbarry]

Interesting Photo.
The Bridge behind is were the first British Battle of WW1 started.
and I belive the site of the Angel of Mons appeared.

[kettenkrad]

Hello together. Here is the actual list of the vehicles, which take part on the event "Tanks in Town" at Mons, Belgium on 29th-31st of August:

9 Sherman
4 Stuart
6 Hellcat
2 Tank destroyer M10
4 Chaffe
1 Sexton
1 Locust
1 Patton M47
1 Citroen Kegresse
12 Halftrack
3 Scout Car
2 M-20
3 M8
3 Weasel
3 Kettenkrad
17 Harley
1 Indian Scout
1 M75
1 PANZER 68
1 Leopard
1 Bergpanzer
1 Diamont Cargo 969
1 Diamont T981
1 White 660

Looks good, doesn't it? And the best thing: All these vehicles are not only on static display, the are driving! 19 miles around Mons!

I am one of the 3 Kettenkrads. We are driving in front and the Allies behind us... ;-)

Best regards from Germany
Andreas

[zemsi]

... gosh, that's fantastic! Looks like there would be more tanks in Mons than the French Army has currently running Looking forward to see the tanks in action.

[kettenkrad]

Have a look at that GOOGLE-Eart placemark for the route of the convoy on Sunday:

http://www.mehlhorn-bs.de/4sale/mons2008.kmz

The tank parade stops at two locations during the ride: The first is at CUESMES.

Second stop:

Deployment tanks in a field in Mesvin:
near the cemetery of the city of Nouvelles (7022)
Mustering from 13:00 hours - Reconstitution between 14:00 h and 14:30

The parade ends at the "Grande Place" of Mons at around 17:30.

Best regards
Andreas