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THE COLLECTION
Housed in a Training Support Facility (TSF) the indoor exhibit area for the Collection is over 100,000 square feet while the “Armor & Cavalry Conservation Center”, next door has an additional 96,000 square feet housing over 9,000 artifacts, the Armor Restoration Shop, the Collection’s Reference Library, and administrative offices.
Today’s collection now truly spans the history of Armor and Cavalry and includes many extraordinary vehicles such as World War I’s Mark VII Tank, the first US tank co-produced with our allies; World War II’s German Tiger Tank 712, and example of one of the most feared tanks in the war; and the M26 Pershing, one of the heroes of the Korean War, to name but a few. The collection continues to expand with recent additions such as TF 1-64 Armor’s A11 (“Answer to This”), the M1A1 Abrams first into Baghdad during the 2003 Thunder Run.
The NACHF works work with The US Army Armor and Cavalry Collection to support its mission to provide training on the history of Armor and Cavalry, and the restoration and preservation of artifacts housed in the TSF. This facility presents great opportunities for a partnership that is mutually beneficial to NACHF's mission and the US Army's Armor and Cavalry Collection. Your support allows us to provide much needed assistance to the TSF and enables us to improve and maintain our Armor and Cavalry Heritage Park.
Key Support Functions of the NACHF
1. Provide funding to assist with exhibits in and around the TSF that support training and telling the story that exists in the US Army Armor and Cavalry Collection.
2. Provide funding in support of Macro and Micro artifact restoration and preservation projects.
3. Management an education of volunteers to assist in future training, community outreach events, periodic public access openings, organizational (schools, veteran groups, reunions, etc.) tours, and other events conducted at the TSF.
From a cavalry charge on horseback across the fields of Gettysburg to the rapid deployment of tanks across the sands of Kuwait, the legacy of the mounted soldier is a story of mobility; of speed; of the historic power to shift the mighty tides of war.
The history of the Armor and Cavalry is long and illustrious, older than even our great Nation itself. Time-tested and battled-hardened, the branch has developed into the greatest combined-arms force in the American Military. This is a legacy that must not be forgotten, at any cost.
There is no place in the world that tells the complete story of the armor, cavalry, and air cavalry. There are many stories to tell. Will you help us to tell them to the world?
