U.S. Army Armor & Cavalry Collection

The U.S. Army Armor & Cavalry Collection at Fort Moore (formerly Fort Benning) functions as the Army Armor School’s working reservoir of combat vehicle history rather than a conventional public museum. Formed around the core that once resided at the Patton Museum in Kentucky, the collection moved south in 2011 with the Armor School, bringing with it decades of accumulated research value in steel and cast armor. By 2023, it held roughly 190 armored fighting vehicles and anti-tank systems, ranging from production types to experimental designs that illuminate shifts in doctrine, protection, and firepower across the 20th and 21st centuries. Vehicles here are curated as reference material for soldiers and historians, illustrating how engineering choices—armor layouts, suspension solutions, turret concepts, and weapon integration—responded to evolving battlefield demands. Although not a fully open museum, periodic open-house events have exposed a fraction of this material culture of mechanized warfare, emphasizing preservation and interpretation over display spectacle. Set on an active training post near the Chattahoochee River, the collection anchors the broader armor and cavalry heritage associated with the installation and its role in American land combat development.