ARKANSAS ROADSIDE MILITARY HARDWARE CATALOG

The following is a list of the locations of various bits of military hardware of historical interest that may be found on permanent public display parked along Arkansas roadsides, in public parks, in front of VFW halls, near airports and in museums. If you know of any not listed here or if you would like to correct my identification, please e-mail me at Traveler. I'm compiling this reference resource for the use of history buffs, model makers and reenactors, so I'm not interested in listing hardware that the public can't walk right up to.

• AIRCRAFT
  • Sopwith Camel F-1, indoor display at Arkansas Aerospace Museum, Little Rock.
  • A-7 Corsair II (in really bad shape), Siloam Springs Airport.
  • A-4, ground attack aircraft, on display at Arkansas Air Museum, Fayetteville.
  • F-105 Thunderchief, manufactured 1964, in display field, Camp Robinson, North Little Rock.
  • F-104A Starfighter, manufactured 1957, in display field, Camp Robinson, North Little Rock.
  • a LTV A-7 Corsair II , static display in front of airport, Pocahontas.
  • F-84F, manufactured 1954, in display field, Camp Robinson, North Little Rock.
  • RF-84F, Static Display at front gate of Arkansas Air National Guard Base, Fort Smith.
  • F-4C Phantom, in display field, Camp Robinson, North Little Rock.
  • F-4C, Static Display at front gate of Arkansas Air National Guard Base, Fort Smith.
  • F-4, Static Display, VFW Post 5225, Marion/West Memphis.
  • F-80, Helena City Park.
  • F-80, Kindley Park, Gravette.
  • F-86D, manufactured 1954, in display field, Camp Robinson, North Little Rock.
  • F-101C Voodoo fighter, manufactured 1958, in display field, Camp Robinson, North Little Rock.
  • F-100C Super Saber fighter, used in Korea, in display field, Camp Robinson, North Little Rock.
  • UH-1 "Huey," helicopter, on display at entrance to Rogers Airport.
  • UH-1 "Huey," helicopter, on display at Arkansas Air Museum, Fayetteville.
  • UH-1M helicopter, in display field, Camp Robinson, North Little Rock.
  • F-101B Voodoo, strategic bomber, purpose built to carry a single nuclear bomb, on display at Rogers Airport.
  • C-130A Hercules cargo/transport, at visitors center at Little Rock Air Force Base in Jacksonville.
• VEHICLES
  • M42 40mm Self-Propelled Twin Anti-Aircraft/Artillery Gun, Heber Springs, in front of the American Legion Hall on Park Drive.
  • M551 Sheridan tank, in display field, Camp Robinson, North Little Rock.
  • M47 Patton tank, in display field, Camp Robinson, North Little Rock.
  • M47 Patton tank, in front of VFW Post 2242, Marmaduke.
  • M110A2 self-propelled 203mm howitzer, VFW post, Airport Road, Jonesboro.
  • M110A2 self-propelled 8-inch howitzer, facing display field, Camp Robinson, North Little Rock.
  • M110A2 Self-propelled 175mm gun, parked in front of Lawrence County Courthouse in Walnut Ridge.
  NOTE from reader Daniel O'Brien, afa1ds@earthlink.net: "The designator for the 175mm Gun is M107. The same track with the older version 8 inch barrel is M110. The 175 was depleted from service and the M110A2 became the newer version of the 8 inch howitzer."
  • M60 tank, in front of VFW hall on Airport Road, Jonesboro.
  • M60 tank, DeSoto Park, Hot Springs, highway 7 on east end of town about three blocks from the Clinton historical site.
  • M60 tank, parked along highway 425 in front of VFW hall, Star City.
  • M60 tank, in front of VFW hall, downtown Blytheville.
  • M60 tank, on hill behind display field, Camp Robinson, North Little Rock.
  • M60 tank, parked in front of VFW Hall, highway 82 East of Hamburg.
  • M55 self-propelled 8-inch howitzer (WWII), on hill behind display field, Camp Robinson, North Little Rock.
  • Motor Carriage M55 8-inch self-propelled howitzer, parked in city park along hwy 64 in Ozark.
  • Motor Carriage M55 8-inch self-propelled howitzer (WWII), on display in front of VFW hall along hwy 62 in Lincoln.
  • Motor Carriage M55 8-inch self-propelled howitzer (WWII), on display in front of National Guard Armory in Siloam Springs.
  • M40 155mm Self-propelled Gun Motor Carriage, Charleston City Park off highway 22 east of Fort Chaffee.
  • M40 155mm Self-propelled Gun Motor Carriage, "Long Tom," Mena.
  • 155mm Self-propelled howitzer, mfg 1945 and used in Korea. A matched pair flanks hwy 176 at the entry to Camp Joseph T. Robinson in North Little Rock.
  • M247 "Sergeant York," in display field, Camp Robinson, North Little Rock.
  • M114 recon vehicle, in display field, Camp Robinson, North Little Rock.
  • Russian 152mm self-propelled gun "Akatsiya" U.S. designation M1973, Soviet designation 2S3, on display in front of VFW hall along hwy 62 in Lincoln. I'm guessing it once belonged to Iraq.
• ARTILLERY
  • M3A1-37mm anti-tank gun, circa 1941, Janssen Park, Mena.
  • 75mm pack howitzer, in front of VFW hall, downtown Blytheville.
  • Carriage Gun, 4.5 inch, "Big Joe," manufactured 1945, in display field, Camp Robinson, North Little Rock.
  • Towed Howitzer, 155mm, parked outside American Legion hall between Lead Hill and Diamond City
  • Towed Howitzer, 155mm, manufactured 1943, Camp Robinson, North Little Rock.
  • Towed Howitzers, 155mm, (a pair of them stamped 1953), parked along highway 425 in front of VFW hall, near Star City.
  • Towed Howitzer, 8-inch (1945), parked in front of VFW hall post 2283 on hwy 7 north of Russellville.
  • 3-inch Ordnance Rifle, model 1861, Pea Ridge National Military Park.
  • 6-pounder bronze field gun, model 1841 (two of them), Pea Ridge National Military Park.
  • 3.67-inch bronze field rifle, Pea Ridge National Military Park.
  • 3.8-inch bronze James rifle, Type 1, Pea Ridge National Military Park.
  • 12-pounder bronze Napoleon, Model of 1857 (eight of them), Pea Ridge National Military Park.
  • 12-pounder bronze field howitzer, Model of 1838, Pea Ridge National Military Park.
  • 12-pounder bronze field howitzer, Model of 1841 (three of them), Pea Ridge National Military Park.
  • 12-pounder bronze mountain howitzer, Model of 1835, Pea Ridge National Military Park.
  • 12-pounder bronze mountain howitzer, Model of 1835, a pair of them, Jannsen Park, Mena.
  • 24-pounder bronze Coehorn mortar, Model of 1838, Pea Ridge National Military Park.
  • NOTE: The list of civil war canon from Pea Ridge was appropriated by me from Wayne Stark's National Register of Surviving Civil War Artillery
• MISSILE-ANEOUS
  • Honest John Rocket, intersection of Main Street and highway 463 in Trumann, right in front of Trumann High School.
  • Honest John Rocket, on the grounds in front of Turrell High School in Turrell. West side of Highway 77 north of West Memphis.

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