Troop Training US Tank Crews WW2

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I read the interesting blog post on the Brave Fusiliers blog by Mark Nichipor about his visit to the American Heritage (Military) Museum visit in Hudson, Massachusetts USA on a Universal Soldier re-enactment and wargames day.

https://bravefusiliers.blogspot.com/2023/08/american-heritage-museum-in-hudson.html

At the end of Mark’s blog post is a link to a PBS News Hour story about the Museum, also available worldwide as a PBS News Hour YouTube video.

On this PBS clip I saw this interesting (M4 Sherman) tank crew training photo featured for a second or two, I so quickly screenshotted this image.

It would make a great military modelling vignette.

Presumably the image is from the museum’s collection?

Close up of the table and terrain model, with model trees? unless it is a map held down by pebbles.

It looks like some kind of Tactical Exercise Without Troops (TEWT) or military training wargame rather than a field briefing?

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/in-telling-the-history-of-war-this-massachusetts-museum-hopes-to-prevent-future-conflict

Same PBS News Story, Interviews and Museum Tour Available on YouTube

Previously on Man Of TIN Blog – other tank training games – related posts

https://manoftinblogtwo.wordpress.com/2022/01/23/model-battlefield-pathe-newsreel/

https://manoftinblog.wordpress.com/2020/07/06/sandtables-and-the-abca-in-a-ww2-training-film/

https://manoftinblog.wordpress.com/2023/02/12/a-small-spark-of-courage-donald-featherstones-war-games-and-solo-wargaming-an-interesting-map/

Blog posted by Mark Man Of TIN, 14 / 15 August 2023

Published by 26soldiersoftin

Hello I'm Mark Mr MIN, Man of TIN. Based in S.W. Britain, I'm a lifelong collector of "tiny men" and old toy soldiers, whether tin, lead or childhood vintage 1960s and 1970s plastic figures. I randomly collect all scales and periods and "imagi-nations" as well as lead civilians, farm and zoo animals. I enjoy the paint possibilities of cheap poundstore plastic figures as much as the patina of vintage metal figures. Befuddled by the maths of complex boardgames and wargames, I prefer the small scale skirmish simplicity of very early Donald Featherstone rules. To relax, I usually play solo games, often using hex boards. Gaming takes second place to making or convert my own gaming figures from polymer clay (Fimo), home-cast metal figures of many scales or plastic paint conversions. I also collect and game with vintage Peter Laing 15mm metal figures, wishing like many others that I had bought more in the 1980s ...

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