The ultimate military-themed experience in Las Vegas with 1,000’s of machineguns to include rentable APC’s, tanks and helicopters with free Humvee shuttles.
Expect to plenty of these in future battlefields. Thousands of them have been donated to Ukraine and they will eventually end up in future conflicts. Made in the former Czechoslovakia and chambered in 7.62 Tokerav.
Some of you may know that my wife and I moved in an 89 year-old Silver Star recipient by the name of Warren Sessler. He has no children, no wife and all of his living relatives live too far away from Vegas to keep an eye on him. When he was assigned to the burial detail of his
We finally test-fired our Russian T-34/85 today. It was knocked-out during WWII but was pressed back in service with a replacement turret and finally ended up serving in the East German army. Only at Battlefield Vegas 💪🏻
Not our coolest tank BUT it is live (NFA-registered) with a 76mm main gun. It’s Russian-made but we dressed it up in a NVA scheme since it was the first “tank” to battle with the US M48. We’ll offer it for rent sometime in 2023.
#PT76
#RussianTank
Added four new Daewoo rifles total to inventory this week. This a DR-200 with some modern Korean updates. These will be for INDOPAC familiarization and guest rentals. Hoping to add another 4 in factory configuration.
#ROK
#Daewoo
Here are some fairly rare guns here in the States. The first is our transferable M134 and the other two are post samples… Negev-5 LMG and the Negev-7 GPMG. A transferable is a machinegun that most citizens can own… depending on your state.
@oryxspioenkop
I own six Leopard 1A5BE’s and I feel they were WAY over engineered. So much electronics on board that require so many spare parts. I also own a few T-55’s and a T-62 and even a M60A1 and all of them are so much more reliable because they were kept simple.
Here’s our M60’s new name. The first event we had with it was doing our granddaughter’s gender reveal. We named it Revelations in honor of that day. My son and his wife had no clue as we loaded both rounds in the turret until it got down range.
A young British soldier and his fiancée came to Battlefield Vegas for one-of-a-kind track suit and Slav squat wedding with old Soviet armor and weapons (T-35/85 and T-55 AM)
Do you know which movie this “T-72” was used in as a stand by? It ended up just being used as set dressing since they found a way to put a real Russian tank on the road with rubber tracks.
@MikeOscar1984
@krus_chiki
Yes, he was friends with Audie Murphy and they met a 3rd ID ball. Warren didn’t drink and helped him with issues he struggled with that were not recognized and/or talked about at the time in regards to WW2 and Korean War veterans.
Here’s a comparison of heat signatures between a M60A1 and a T-62. Both MBT’s are still in service around the world. Of note, notice the white cold ground where the tanks were prior to moving and the black hot engine and exhaust areas.
We’ve got another one that’s related to the Ukrainian theater. This is the Polish UKM-2000 that we train US personnel and though it looks like a PKM, it’s very different (M13 links and different internals).
@moeguns_
@post_offensive
I was traveling with several RPG’s to Ft Polk about ten years ago. I explained what was in the cases and sure enough… TSA meltdown and I missed the flight.
Here are some more photos of our “technical” with the power supply and the ammo. Completely useless but it was a fun project for the staff to relax and take a much-needed break at the time.
Two different Owen Mk 1’s we have in our inventory. These things shoot very flat and not what I expected the first time I used one. I’m sure the compensator makes a difference but still a very cool first gen subgun.
Because 5.45 imports will be an issue for some time to come… we’re using PSA AK-101’s to fill the void. We use them for non-standard weapons familiarization classes and on the range. I like that they gave them Cyrillic script as an added touch.
When the President says you can’t own tanks but you actually can AND wear an adidas’s track suit when you’re popping off a round 🤷🏻 (not political, just factual)
Another Daewoo carbine is ready for the range. This one has a Rogers stock, Ace grip, A2 flash hider and barrel cut down to 16.1” (instead of the factory 18”)
The Italian-made Berreta MG-42/59 in 7.62 NATO. These have been donated to Ukrainian forces and are seeing combat after being in storage in since the 1960’s. This particular model, with visible proof marks, was made in 1968
#Berreta
#Italy
#MG42
@Mrgunsngear
Contrary to some views, Israel’s M113’s aren’t the super upgrade that some people think. Most don’t have anti-RPG protection or up-armor. They have been slowly swapping them out for the APC based on the Merkava platform. I should know, I bought 15 of them from the IDF.
Today we’re feeling them French vibes with
@Trinity_solutns
windbreaker and some MAT-49’s. Just ordered a bunch of their shirts, shorts and tee shirts
#MAT49
#France
I can’t believe it’s already been three years since I made this sticker for my son who graduated OCS at Benning.
He’s a PL out at Bragg and I don’t think too many of his guys knew he was the reason behind the sticker after it went viral.
Lé Bullpup should be ready soon. It’s taken forever to gather parts and get the proper dimensions but we’re almost there. Lots of these have proliferated throughout Africa and it’s a great tool for our foreign weapons class.
A new weapon coming on line.. the Japanese Type 92 HMG. The receiver is repaired and the bolt glides through like it was never cut. Now we need to source an oprod and figure out which avenue to take on repairing the barrel. The chamber was plugged.
Here you go
@Gaming_Sentry
…. my M3A4 Sherman which was originally fitted with a flamethrower AFTER I was able to acquire one and install it back into the hull.
Just kidding about the JLTV’s…before someone reports to DLA that we have acquired them via nefarious means. We are teaching a familiarization class here at Battlefield today for some CA platoon that’s going to deploy soon.
We got the other MT-LB in for the training classes. These are still being around the world so understanding how to operate, disable and key locations for destruction are important for the class.
Three PM-1910 Maxim’s that had to see some service during WWII. The production dates are 1934, 1943 and 1944. It’s crazy to think that they are still being used in the Ukrainian Conflict.
Some more WWI equipment back on the line. Here’s our MG-08 that was first put into service back in 1916. My staff made a custom pintle from a M2 so customers can enjoy it on the line.
“Hello, I’m Ivan and this is my separatist friend Boris and we’re from the Church of the Latter Day Soviets….. do you have a minute to talk to us about our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ?”
Here is some of our armor that was acquired from Israel. A captured Syrian T-62 from 1982 and a M113A2 received from the United States around the same time.
Used by Australian forces during WWII, Korea and Vietnam, it’s now being featured in Call Of Duty: Vanguard and always available for guests here at BattlefieldVegas.