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PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) -- Artillery guns and tanks are being moved from Maryland to Fort Lee as the Army relocates its ordnance museum.
The pieces are among the first artifacts to be moved and are scheduled to arrive Tuesday.
The Army Ordnance Museum's move from the Aberdeen Proving Ground to the Virginia base is part of the government's 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission's shuffling of U.S. military bases.
Artifacts will be moved in phases to simplify the logistics. The museum has more than 170 tanks and artillery.
Museum Director Joseph Rainer says it's the largest move in the history of the Army's museum system.
Fort Lee already is home to the Quartermaster Museum and the Army Women's Museum.
The first piece moved was a WW-II German Jagpanzer Elefant tank destroyer, which weighs about 9,000 pounds. The director of the museum said they have over 200 pieces to move from
Aberdeen to Fort Lee. Should be an interesting facility to visit in a couple of years.
Charles
The pieces are among the first artifacts to be moved and are scheduled to arrive Tuesday.
The Army Ordnance Museum's move from the Aberdeen Proving Ground to the Virginia base is part of the government's 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission's shuffling of U.S. military bases.
Artifacts will be moved in phases to simplify the logistics. The museum has more than 170 tanks and artillery.
Museum Director Joseph Rainer says it's the largest move in the history of the Army's museum system.
Fort Lee already is home to the Quartermaster Museum and the Army Women's Museum.
The first piece moved was a WW-II German Jagpanzer Elefant tank destroyer, which weighs about 9,000 pounds. The director of the museum said they have over 200 pieces to move from
Aberdeen to Fort Lee. Should be an interesting facility to visit in a couple of years.
Charles
