List of tank museums
A tank museum is a military-historical and military-technical specialist museum , which is mainly dedicated to the armament of tanks .
Well-known tank museums are (European before non-European):
| Surname | country | place | description | image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| German Tank Museum Munster | Germany | Muenster | The DPM is a joint establishment of the city of Munster and the Munster training center of the Bundeswehr - the central training facility for officers and non-commissioned officers of the armored combat troops, the army reconnaissance troops and the army air defense troops of the Bundeswehr. The museum displays tanks , vehicles, weapons, uniforms, equipment and military badges. The focus of the collection is on German tanks and vehicles from 1918 to 2003. |
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| Parola Tank Museum | Finland | Parola | ||
| Musée des Blindés | France | Saumur | The Musée des Blindés houses more than 800 armored vehicles (including many battle tanks ), of which over 200 are fully functional. Here is - among other things - the only road-ready Tiger II "King Tiger" in the world, according to popular opinion the strongest tank of the Second World War , and an almost complete collection of German tanks and military vehicles. | |
| Overloon War Museum | Netherlands | Overloon | ||
| Army History Museum | Austria | Vienna | A total of 26 tanks are on display in the leading museum of the Austrian Armed Forces , including the prototype of the Saurer armored personnel carrier , the first armored vehicle manufactured in Austria after the Second World War; as well as other historic combat vehicles such as the Kürassier and Jaguar tank destroyers, the M60 A3 and Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks . A particularly rare example of a Jagdpanzer 38 (t) "Hetzer" is also on display. | |
| Kubinka Tank Museum | Russia | Kubinka | The museum, which opened in 1978, shows numerous internationally known tanks from the First and Second World Wars and the Cold War . The collection includes vehicles from twelve countries and a total of 290 tanks between five and 188 tons . Artillery pieces , reconnaissance tanks and a wide range of other military equipment are also on display. There are 129 exhibits of Soviet or Russian origin, including a large number of prototypes . | |
| Thun Tank Museum | Switzerland | Tuna | Foreign and Swiss tanks as well as Swiss tank artillery and artillery developments are exhibited in the Thun tank museum. There are over forty exhibits on display in the open air. | |
| Swiss Military Museum Full | Switzerland | Full-Reuenthal | ||
| Military Museum Lešany | Czech Republic | Lešany (Okres Benešov) | ||
| Bovington Tank Museum | United Kingdom | Wool ( Dorset ) | In Dorset , South West England , contains the world's largest collection of armored war vehicles. The exhibition consists of a total of 300 tanks from 26 countries. Among the oldest surviving battle tank in the world: a British tank from the First World War, of the type Mark I and the only functioning copy of the German Tiger I . | |
| Muckleburgh Collection | United Kingdom | Weybourne ( Norfolk ) | ||
| Royal Australian Armored Corps Memorial and Army Tank Museum | Australia | Puckapunyal | Near Seymour (Victoria) | |
| Yad La'Shiryon | Israel | Latrun | Memorial of the Israeli Army's tank troops with a tank museum | |
| Base Borden Military Museum | Canada | Canadian Forces Base Borden | ||
| The Onatrio Regiment RCAC Museum | Canada | Oshawa | ||
| General George Patton Museum of Leadership | United States | Fort Knox | ||
| Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles | United States | Lexington, Nebraska | ||
| US Army Ordnance Museum | United States | Petersburg (Virginia) | Was until 2010 Aberdeen (Maryland) settled | |
| Arsenals | Sweden | Strängnäs |
See also
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