I hope this is an appropriate question.
I'm trying to find locations/museums in the USA which have WW II German armor. I've been researching it and it appears that a few locations had armor but many have been in the process of moving it. Fort knox and fort lee are two which have armor but I'm unsure exactly what. I really want to see a tiger tank in person (I or II) and want to make a trip this summer to visit a location with one.
A lot of what I have found are post on forums which are a couple years old. I'm hoping to find some concert information and many of the websites to the museums don't list the specific tanks on the locations.
I'm hoping to see (if any are in the usa) -Tiger tank -elefant -strum tiger -panther
Thank you for any information!
The condition of US Army armor displays has been something of a national disgrace for years. By comparison, I happen to be typing this from the UK tank museum in Bovington. Depending on where you are, it may be easier to fly to London and see all the German vehicles you desire here.
The former Ft Knox collection is, as mentioned, in Fort Benning. A fair portion of the former Aberdeen collection (what hasn't rusted into nothing after decades of neglect ) is in Fort Lee. Neither are open to the public, but if you are military or a researcher with advance arrangements, you can access them. Those are the only two locations with significant German armor. There is the occasional German TD or Medium in private hands, such as the Danville, VA AAF or the Boston MA Collings Foundation. Researchers can also access, by appointment, many of the former Aberdeen vehicles in long-term storage at Anniston Army Depot. Part of the Aberdeen collection was cross-shipped to Fort Benning.
If you don't want to travel to the UK, your next best bet is going to be the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, which has a reasonable, but by not means large, armor collection, as does CFB Borden, near Toronto.
Put bluntly, us North American tankophiles are hard done by.
To directly answer your question, Jagtiger, Panther II, Panther, Tiger, Tiger II are in Fort Benning. Lee had the Elefant when I saw it last. Panthers are also currently located in Portola Valley, CA and Ottawa. No SturmTigers in the US.
The Patton Museum at Fort Knox KY had an excellent collection of tanks. Unfortunately, in 2005 the Base Realinement and Closing Commission decided to move the Armor School from Fort Knox to Fort Benning, in GA. In 2010, most of the tanks were moved from Fort Knox to Fort Benning. Since then, the Patton Museum at Fort Knox has undergone a major expansion, but this is still a work in progress. Right now, Fort Knox only has three American Armored fighting vehicles on display : a Sherman, a M-7 Priest self propelled howitzer and a M-48 Patton tank.
I visited the museum at Fort Knox back in 1985. I do not recall seeing any Panthers, Tigers or Elephants, but do remember seeing German half-tracks, a STUG III, a PzKW III and a PzKW II. There were also a T-34 and an IS-2 Soviet World War II era tanks and a nice collection of World War I era French and British tanks.
The only problem is, I do not know if these tanks are open for public viewing at Fort Benning. I don't see any information of the Fort Benning web site. Although there are Google images of some World War II era tanks, parked out in the open at Fort Benning. There is no information about any tank museum being built at Fort Benning. The expansion being built at Fort Knox is so big, the US Army might decide to move their historical collection back to Fort Knox, once they finish the expansion of the Patton Museum.