Waffenmuseum Reise (Danville, VA)

The AAF Tank Museum was founded in 1981 as a 501 (c) 3 not for profit charitable organization, with a mission to educate, collect, restore, preserve, and display as varied a collection of military tank and cavalry artifacts as is possible, so that present and future generations will have a significant part of military history available for them to learn from and explore.  The museum is home to 115 Tanks & Artillery pieces including a U.S. M4A3E8 Sherman, M5A1 Stuart, German Mark IV, & a Russian T34 tank.  Also on display are various Machine Guns, Mortars, Flame Throwers, Recoilless Rifles, Rocket Launchers, small arms, etc... as well as various selected uniforms & equipment.

Once again we traveled south to the AAF Tank Museum for its 4th Annual Military Extravaganza.  This year we set up a display showing the average German infantryman's equipment and personal items as would have been seen in Normandie just prior to the allied invasion.  The museum was also kind enough to allow us to demonstrate the workings of their original Pak 41 antitank gun & crew their German Mark IV tank.  The event was a success and was fun for all.  One of our members portraying a tanker even won the "Best Military Dress" contest.  They said his clothing, stance, & overall look was right out of the history book.