DORSET'S Tank Museum enjoyed its biggest Tankfest event yet at the weekend.

A total of 24,000 visitors attended across the three days with people coming from as far as Japan and Australia.

The event, presented by the World of Tanks, featured a line-up of historic and modern running tanks from the museum’s collection, guest armour.

This year’s event was extra special as The Tank Museum at Bovington is celebrating its 100th birthday.

It featured a British Army display that was specially created by Curator David Willey to celebrate the museum’s milestone anniversary.

The Tank Museum’s visitor experience manager Rosanna Dean said: “The Tank Museum is constantly innovating the TANKFEST programme to give visitors a fresh experience every year.

“This year we introduced Tank TV so tank fans could watch the arena action on big screens, a viewing area dedicated to photography enthusiasts, and all three days featured a jam-packed programme of exciting moving armour.”

On Friday visitors were also able to enjoy a visit from the RAF Red Arrows, with the squad thrilling crowds with a diamond formation flypast.

One of this year’s special Tankfest guests, the Nashorn, was unable to make it to Bovington.

Due to circumstances beyond the control of either the Friends of the Nashorn or The Tank Museum, the vehicle was prevented from crossing the channel, being stopped at Dunkirk.

Tankfest 2024 tickets are now available at tankfest.com