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The first acquisition was an unrestored M3A1 Scout Car. The first two tanks arrived on site in 1983, and by 1988 the collection comprised five armored vehicles. Subsequent military vehicles and associated equipment were acquired from dealers, collectors, or in trade with various museums or government agencies in the United States and abroad. By the middle of the 1990s the collection included examples from almost all historically significant land battles of the last half-century. The oldest armored military vehicle in the collection is a World War I era M1917 light tank.<!--This description is lifted word-for-word from the reference.--><ref name=AboutUs>{{cite web |url=http://mvtf.org/about.html |title=About Us |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Military Vehicle Technology Foundation (MVTF) |access-date=11 March 2016}}</ref>
The Foundation was established in early 1998. Littlefield's major objective for the Foundation was to preserve the collection for the future.<ref name=AboutUs /> Over 200 [[armored fighting vehicle]]s
In 2012 the foundation started a new program in conjunction with the Boy Scouts of America to start the youth Venturing Crew 551. Crew 551's stated goals were to assist in the restoration of vehicles, and to help educate the public through tours and presentations about the significance of armored vehicles throughout history.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://crew551.org/#about |title=About Us |date=2012 |website=Venturing Tank Crew 551 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |access-date=11 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601150330/http://crew551.org/ |archive-date=1 June 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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