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The Tank Museum, Bovington, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Friday 23rd June 2023.

About the photograph.

With special thanks to Ruben GB for pointing out the correct model.

This is a Second World War German armoured reconnaissance vehicle known as the Sd.Kfz 222.

Previously I wrote stating that I do not know which variation this is, as there is the 221, 222, and 223, all of which looks very similar, and only referred to it by the first model (221), until Ruben GB identified it as the 222 model.

Sd.Kfz is an abbreviation of Sonderkraftfahrzeug, which is German language meaning special purpose vehicle.

In the Sd.Kfz numbering system, the range of 200 to 299 is generally for reconnaissance vehicles, armoured cars, and armoured personal carriers.

The vehicle seen in the photo is a Leichter Panzerspähwagen, German for light armoured reconnaissance vehicle.

It was manufactured by Horch, from around 1935 to 1944, and used a petrol V8 engine. It is a four wheel drive, designed for off-roading.

However it was said that it performed well in countries with good road systems like in Western Europe, but is hampered with poor off-road performance at the Russian Front and in the North African campaign.

Here in the photo, it is seen driving around, and carrying out a re-enactment show for the visitors, during the TANKFEST event.

About TANKFEST and The Tank Museum.

The Tank Museum is found next to the British Army military base, simply called Bovington Camp, and is used by various tank regiments.

The writer Rudyard Kipling once visited Bovington in 1923, and saw some damaged tanks left from the First World War. He recommended that a museum should be set up.

However the museum was simply a shed, and was not open to the public until about 1947, when the museum was finally set up.

By about 1982, the museum was expanded and modernized, it housed many various different tanks in the Exhibition halls, along with working tanks which are often show in the live action arena.

The museum also has the only working German Tiger I tank, known as Tiger 131.

TANKFEST is an annual live action re-enactment event showing off various working tanks in staged display, in the museum’s showground known as Kuwait Arena.

For more information, just Google “TANKFEST, The Tank Museum, Bovington.”

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Taken in: UK / England / Purbeck District / Bovington Camp (show map)

Taken on: June 23, 2023

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