Jon Phillips Armor Collection

The Jon Phillips Armour Collection is a private collection of armoured vehicles owned by Jon "Welderbeast" Phillips, a mobile welder and World War II vehicle hobbyist from Hoo, England.

Jon Phillips initially converted an FV 432 armoured personnel carrier chassis combined with a FV101 Scorpion light armoured vehicle turret to produce a replica Panzer III Ausf.

D, chassis number 90678 was captured by the British Army at El Alamein in the North African Campaign and was taken to the UK for tests and study.

This tank was recovered from the Pirbright fire range in UK, and was then part of Kevin Wheatcroft collection.

D restoration was openly shared on social media, with many parts being sourced and suggestions made through its Facebook page[6] and several YouTube channels.