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The Military Vehicle Technology Foundation is a large collection of military vehicles located in Portola Valley, California, USA. It was founded in 1975 by Jacques Littlefield, and now is under the direction of Bill Boller. The first acquisition was an unrestored M3A1 Scout Car. The first two tanks arrived on site in 1983, and by 1988 the collection comprised five armored. Subsequent military vehicles and associated equipment were acquired from dealers, collectors, or in trade with various museums or government agencies in the United States and abroad. By the middle of the 1990s the collection included examples from almost all historically significant land battles of the last half-century. The oldest armored military vehicle in the collection is a World War I era M1917 light tank. The Foundation was established in early 1998. Littlefield's major objective for the Foundation was to preserve the collection for the future.〔(History of the Military Vehicle Technology Foundation )〕 Over 200 armored fighting vehicles are present in the collection.〔(Inventory of the Military Vehicle Technology Foundation )〕 The foundation offers tours of its collection. Scheduling information can be found on (its website ). In 2012 the foundation started a new program in conjunction with the Boy Scouts of America to start the youth Venturing Crew 551 to assist in the restoration of vehicles. As well as to help educate the public through tours and presentations about the significance of armored vehicles throughout history. More information about the crew can be found at (their website ) and the public's positive response at Yelp's review page〔 Yelp's Review Page for the Military Vehicle Technology Foundation ()〕 The foundation signed over its collection to the Collings Foundation on July 4, 2013. A year later, the Collings Foundation auctioned off 120 of the vehicles to fund creation of a new museum to display the collection at the Collings Foundation headquarters in Stow, Massachusetts.〔(Silicon Valley tank collection heading east to The Collings Foundation in Stow )〕 Image:Kübelwagen and Panzerfaust.jpg|Schwimmwagen of the collection Image:Matilda MK2 Series 4.jpg|Preserved Matilda tank ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Military Vehicle Technology Foundation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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