There are a surprising number of armour museums, given that it requires more than a little space to house them. They range from relatively small collections of two or three vehicles to large scale operations with hundreds of vehicles like The Tank Museum, Bovington and the Deutsches Panzermuseum in Munster. There are links to all the ones we've found and our plan is to conduct reviews of all of them in due course.

UK: Their website describes the Museum as 'The world's best collection of tank' - and who's to argue? Their Tankfest Show in June is probably the best live armour display to be seen anywhere. Click the logo to find out more and see a video of Tankfest.

GERMANY: Dedicated tank museum, excellent collection. Click the logo to go to their site.

FRANCE: Excellent collection of armour, especially WW II German. Click the logo to go to their site.

RUSSIA: Excellent collection of armour, especially WW II German. Click the logo to go to their site.

UK: Private museum right by the Norfolk Coast with good Cold War collection and huge open areas for driving the tanks. Terrific annual show usually in June. Click the logo to go to their site.

USA: Outstanding private museum founded by the late Jacques Littlefield. Click the logo to go to their site.

UK(well, Isle of Wight) Private museum and restoration centre. Click the logo to go to their site.

POLAND: Army museum with some WW II armour.