1 Aug 13 Deutsches Panzermuseum Munster [picture heavy]

Jimbuna · 08-01-13, 10:44 AM

Lovely shots D....how does the place compare to Bovington?

Sailor Steve · 08-01-13, 10:46 AM

Pretty awesome place!

Armor is the one aspect of warfare that never really caught my interest, but I still recognize the coolness of preserving these important pieces of history.

BossMark · 08-01-13, 10:48 AM

Very nice pics, keep them coming

Skybird · 08-01-13, 11:02 AM

I took the freedom to link this in the eSim SBP forum.

Wreford-Brown · 08-01-13, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Penguin

This sounds amazing. I would really love to see the AV7 in working condition - though prefer not to be inside it when it runs. It must have been a hellish place for the crew, wwith no noise or heat protection at all.

The A7V is the only vehicle that's a replica, but they're working off original plans to try and bring her back to life. Europe wasn't too kind to Germany after WW1.

Now for the iconic WW2 team. On the German side we have:

Wreford-Brown · 08-01-13, 11:46 AM

And on the Allied side we get:

Wreford-Brown · 08-01-13, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Lovely shots D....how does the place compare to Bovington?

It's very similar to Bovvy - Bovington is physically larger and has a greater collection of international tank (the only non-German one I saw in Munster was the Merkava) but I think they have similar sized collections, so Munster allows a direct comparison between Warsaw Pact and NATO armoured vehicles which Bovington doesn't.

It was interesting to see three BMPs parked next to one another and directly opposite their Western counterparts and it was also interesting to see how US and Western tanks got bigger, taller and heavier while their Warsaw Pact contemporaries got smaller and remained roughly the same weight (allowing greater operational mobility).

The best contemporary armoured vehicle collection I've seen is at Shrivenham, but it's not easy to get into (a bit like the small arms collection in Warminster).

08-01-13, 10:44 AM	#1
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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Pretty awesome place! Armor is the one aspect of warfare that never really caught my interest, but I still recognize the coolness of preserving these important pieces of history. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	Very nice pics, keep them coming __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

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