![]() ![]() Organizers say the free event is outdoors, but masks will be encouraged as Clay County provides COVID-19 sanitizing stations. ![]() ![]() Tank destroyers, halftracks and other World War II armor will also join in with re-enactors and a display of one of the first Jeeps built in 1941 next to a 2021 model for comparison. 2nd Armored Division and British 11th Armoured and 6th Airborne attacking German defensive positions. That mock battle will recreate part of an April 1, 1945, fight between members of the U.S. Saturday and Sunday battle re-enactments. This weekend's event is expected to see M4 Sherman medium tanks and a "Long Tom" artillery gun on display, as well as used in the 1 p.m. Then there were the four tanks, plus a 155mm “Long Tom” field gun and a tank destroyer taking to the field in a mock battle against a “German” bunker on a hill. The last MVPA event in 2019 saw 1940s halftracks and tanks 1990s HUMVEES and German Army Kubelwagens a British scout car and even a bright red 1956 Dodge M-56 Rescue Truck. ![]()
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