Panzermuseum Thun

!Name

!Type – year of manufacture – procurement

!Characteristics

!Photo

|Light combat vehicle (GB), manufactured in 1934, 6 units were purchased for the Swiss Army (2 in 1934, 4 in 1935)

|2 men, 1 × 7.5 mm machine gun, 3.8 tons

|File:Panzer_Schweizer_Armee_1930er_Jahre.jpg

|Light combat vehicle (F), manufactured from 1917, 5 units were purchased (2 in 1921, 3 in 1939)

|2 men, 1 × 3.7 cm cannon, 6.7 tons

|File:Leichter_Panzer_RENAULT_FT_17.jpg

|King Tiger B, main battle tank (D), manufactured in 1944, handed over to the Swiss Military Museum in 2007 as a permanent loan.{{Cite web |title=English – Military and Fortress Museum Full-Reuenthal |url=https://www.festungsmuseum.ch/koenigstiger/english/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |language=de-CH}}

|1 × 8.8 cm cannon L71, 3 × 7.92 mm-MG, 5 men, 68 tons

|File:Tiger_II_mg_7800.jpg

|Scout tanks (GB), manufactured in 1943, 64 units were purchased (early 1950s), never introduced, used as target vehicles

|5 men, 1 × 37 mm cannon, 2 × MG, 12 tons

|File:Staghound-latrun-3.jpg

|Special tank (USA), year of manufacture 1941/42, conversion from M4 main battle tank

|6 men, dummy cannon, 27 tons

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|Panzer 68/88, Swiss main battle tank (CH), manufactured 1988–1993, 195 units

|4 men, 1 × 10.5 cm cannon, 2 × 7.5 mm MG, 41 tons

|File:Panzer_68_slash_88_pic08.JPG

|Centurion main battle tank (GB), procurement 1958–1960, 100 units procured

|4 men 1 × 10.5 cm cannon, 2 × 7.5 mm MG, 50 tons

|File:Centurion_cfb_borden_1.JPG

|Prototype special tank on chassis Pz 61 (CH), one example procured

|4 men, 40 tons

|File:Entpannungspaanzer_65_pic04.JPG

|Main battle tank (USA), year of manufacture 1954, exchange item

|4 men, 1 × 9 cm cannon, 1 × 7.62 mm MG, 1 × 12 mm MG, 45 tons

|File:M48_Patton_Thun.jpg

|Self-propelled gun (CH), year of manufacture 1943, prototype on an extended Pz 39 chassis

|5 men

|File:Nahkamofkanone_I_pic04.JPG

|later 10.5 cm Howitze 42

|10 tons

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|Assault gun (CH), year of manufacture 1942–1945, prototype in four versions, no series production

|5 men, 7.5 cm anti-tank gun, 24 tons

|File:Nahkampfkanone_II_'Gustav'_Military_of_Switzerland.jpg

|Armored personnel carrier (D), manufactured from 1956, two prototypes without a turret in military testing, exchange item

|2+8 men, 1 × 20 mm cannon, 14.6 tons

|File:Schützenpanzer_Lang_HS_30.jpg

|Light combat vehicle (CSR/CH), year of manufacture 1938–1939, 24 purchased

|3 men, 24 mm cannon 38, 2 × 7.5 mm machine guns, 8 tons

|File:Panzerwagen_39_'PRAGA'.jpg

|Transport vehicle for Panzer-Grenadiers (GB), manufactured in 1944, 302 purchased, sold again in 1965

|2+6 men, 4.7 tons

|File:Universal_Carrier_No_1.jpg

|Self-propelled gun (CSR/D), year of manufacture 1944–1949, 158 purchased

|1 × 7.5 cm anti-tank gun 1940, 1 × 7.5 mm MG, 4 men, 16 tons

|File:Panzermuseum_Thun_-_Panzerjäger_G_13_(Hetzer)_01.jpg

|Scout tank (F), year of manufacture 1953–1957

|200 bought

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|1 × 7.5 mm machine gun, 3 men

|14,5 tons

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|Tank artillery (F), manufactured in 1956, 4 purchased for troop trials

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|1 × 7.5mm or 7.62mm machine gun, 5 men

|16,5 tons

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|Main battle tank (CH), year of manufacture 1958, 2 prototypes, 10 pre-series vehicles

|1 × 8.4 cm tank gun 58, 1 × 20 mm cannon, 1 × 7.5 mm MG, 4 men, 35 tons

|File:Panzer_58.jpg

|Combat armored personnel carrier (CH), manufactured in 1959 or later, an exhibit purchased for testing

|1 × 20 mm MK, 3+9 men, 18.2 tons (with turret)

|File:Schützenpanzer_Saurer_Tartaruga.jpg

|Combat armored personnel carrier (CH), manufactured in 1962, an exhibit purchased for testing

|1 × 20 mm cannon (turret dismantled), 3+9 men, 18.1 tons

|File:Mowag_3M1_Pirat_18.jpg

|Special tank (CH), year of manufacture 1977/78, 2 prototypes

|2 × 35 mm cannon Oerlikon KDA, 3 men, 46 tons

|File:Fliegerabwehrpanzer_68_SPAAG_pic03-1.JPG

|L28 howitzer (CH), manufactured in 1942

|ready to fire 6.8 tons

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|Anti-tank gun "Ratsch-Bumm“ (USSR), manufactured in 1938Information according to [https://web.archive.org/web/20150923173846/http://www.armeemuseum.ch/uploads/media/Panzermuseum.pdf Panzermuseum Thun.] but not possible because the weapon was only developed two years later and was only produced from 1941 onwards

|2 tons

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|Tank destroyer (D), year of manufacture 1941–1944, gift from F, trials in CH

|1 × 4,7-cm-anti-tank gun (CSR), 3 men, 10 tons

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|Sturmpanzer (D), year of manufacture 1943–1945, gift from F, trials in CH

|1 × 7.5 cm cannon L48, 1 × 7.92 mm MG, 4 men, 24 tons

|File:StuG_III_G_1_sk.jpg

|Tank destroyer (CSR/D), year of manufacture 1944–1945, gift from F, trials in CH, predecessor of the G13

|1 × 7.5 cm anti-tank gun 39 L48, 1 × Flab-MG, 4 men, 16 tons

|File:Hetzer_cfb_borden_1.JPG

|Assault gun (D), year of manufacture 1943–1945, gift from F, trials in CH

|1 × 7.5 cm cannon L48, 1 × 7.92 mm MG, 5 men, 24 tons

|File:Jagdpanzer_IV_48_Thun_1.jpg

|Main battle tank (D), year of manufacture 1937–1945, gift from F, trials in CH

|1 × 7.5 cm cannon L48, 2 × 7.92 mm MG, 5 men, 22.4 tons

|File:Panzerkampfwagen_IV_Ausfuhrung_H_pic01.JPG

|Tank destroyer (D), year of manufacture 1943–1945, gift from F, trials in CH

|1 × 8.8 cm cannon L71, 1 × 7.92 mm MG, 5 men, 46 tons

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File:Jagdpanther_Thun_1.jpg

|Main battle tank (D), year of manufacture 1943–1945, gift from F, trials in CH

|1 × 7.5 cm cannon L70, 3 × 7.92 mm MG, 5 men, 44.8 tons

|File:Panther_Thun_1.jpg

|L71 from battle tank VI Tiger II (D), manufactured in 1944

|Ball screen Tiger II from battle tank VI Tiger II (D), year of manufacture 1944, thickness 150 mm

|File:PaK43-41_base_borden_military_museum_4.jpg

|Self-propelled gun (USA), year of manufacture from 1942, gift from F, trials in CH

|1 × 10.5 cm howitzer, 1 × 12.7 mm MG, 7 men, 24 tons

|File:M7_'Priest'_pic10.JPG

|Armored personnel carrier (F), year of manufacture 1951, exchange item, special equipment for radio operators

|1 × 7.5 mm MG, 2+5 men, 8 tons

|File:Bundeswehrmuseum_Dresden_60.jpg

|Main battle tank (USA), manufactured in 1950, purchased for trials in CH

|1 × 9 cm cannon L70, 2 × 7.62 mm MG, 1 × 12.7 mm MG, 5 men, 44 tons

|File:M47_Patton(_Jeff_Kubina).jpg

|Main battle tank (USA), manufactured in 1942, purchased for tests in Switzerland

|1 × 7.5 cm cannon, 2 × 7.62 mm MG, 1 × 12.7 mm MG, 5 men, 32 tons

|File:Sherman_Dresden_1.jpg

|Bridge-laying tank (GB), year of manufacture 1961–1963, 2 exhibits purchased for tests in the CH chassis such as the Pz 57 Centurion

|3 men, 50.8 tons

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|Main battle tank (GB), year of manufacture 1948–1952, purchased in Canada

|1 × 8.4 cm cannon, 2 × 7.6 mm MG, 4 men, 50 tons

|File:Centurion_Mk_III_pic04.JPG

|Year of manufacture 1943–1953, exchange item

|1 × 85 mm cannon, 2 × 7.62 mm MG, 5 men, 32 tons

|File:T-34-85_lipiec_2007_RB1.JPG

|Armored personnel carrier (F) (Infantry Combat Vehicle), manufactured from 1955, purchased for trials in Switzerland

|1 × 7.62 mm machine gun in turret (removed), 2+10 men, 12.5 tons

|File:AMX-VCI-latrun-2.jpg

|Main battle tank (USSR), exchange item

|1 × 10 cm cannon, 2 × 7.62 mm MG, 4 men, 36 tons

|File:T-54-.jpg

|Main battle tank (D) M+77101 was the first of 35 Leopard 2s delivered from Germany in 1987, 345 Leopard 2s were manufactured in Thun until 1993

|4 men, 120 mm smoothbore cannon, 42 rounds, 62 tons

|File:Pz_87_Leopard_-_Seite_-_Schweizer_Armee_-_Steel_Parade_2006.jpg