Museum Virtual Tour Page #2
One of the first things you might see when you first come into the Museum is this "Ram" Cruiser tank that dates back to the Second World War. This is a completely Canadian designed and built vehicle and around 1,700 of them were built at the Montreal Locomotive Works in 1941 when there was an urgent need for fast tanks to fight in the war. Those who are familiar with World War Two armoured fighting vehicles might recognize the "Ram" as it was eventually improved upon by the United States and produced there as the Sherman tank with over 50,000 examples of that type being produced.
As for the Ram itself, there are very few of them left today as after the war was over, many of them ended up as targets on military ranges and were destroyed. The example that you see here has been dubbed "Barbara" and once the war was over, it had its turret and armament removed before being sold to a private owner. It was used in rural Ontario for many years for snow removal before eventually being acquired by the Swords & Ploughshares Museum.
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