Swiss Military Museum
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The Swiss Military Museum ({{langx|de|Schweizerisches Militärmuseum Full}}) is located at Full-Reuenthal in the Canton of Aargau.
History of the museum
The origins of the museum go back to the Verein zur Förderung eines wehrtechnischen Museums ("Association for the Promotion of a Military Museum"), which was founded by Thomas Hug and friends. In 1989, the Festungsmuseum Reuenthal ("Reuenthal Fortress Museum") was opened. The construction of the military museum in Full on a former industrial site began in 1998.Dieter Minder, Aargauer Zeitung, 23 November 2016: [https://web.archive.org/web/20180208125806/https://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/aargau/brugg/dieser-boezberger-ist-chef-von-ueber-100-bunkern-130731238 Militär- und Festungsmuseum] Retrieved 8 February 2018. The sponsor of the Swiss Military Museum in Full is the Verein Militär- und Festungsmuseum Full-Reuenthal ("Full-Reuenthal Military and Fortress Museum") or VMFM. Until 2011 the association offices were located in the old Reuenthal Fortress, which it has also operated as a museum since 1989. A new museum hall was opened in April 2010.
Collection
The museum displays military hardware and uniforms of Swiss and foreign armed forces, mainly from World War II and the Cold War. The museum displays mainly tanks, artillery, anti-aircraft and anti-tank guns of the Swiss Army and other armies from the 20th century in several former factory halls.
A special feature is the complete factory collection of the former arms manufacturer Oerlikon-Bührle on the upper floor of the museum. This mainly comprises anti-aircraft and aircraft weapons. The museum also owns a German V1 flying bomb, a Reichenberg device, and engines and defence stands from English and American bombers that crashed or made emergency landings in Switzerland.
List with some of the exhibits
= Swiss Army=
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- Alouette III
- De Havilland Vampire DH.100
- AMX-13
- Panzer 61
- Panzer 68
- Zielfahrzeug 68
- Entpannungspanzer 65
- Brückenpanzer 68
- Tank gun 68
- Saurer D 330 N
- Saurer 2DM
- Saurer 2 CM
- Saurer M6
- Saurer MH4
- Berna 2VM
- M548
- M113
- M109 howitzer
- ČKD-Praga LT-H / Panzerwagen 39
- Centurion tank
- Rotinoff Super Atlantic
- Bucher FS 10 Flugzeugschlepper 78
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= Non Swiss Army Vehicles=
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- FBW 80-N
- Trabant
- Goliath tracked mine
- T-34
- T-55
- T-72
- V-1 flying bomb
- Fieseler Fi 103R Reichenberg
- Tiger II (under reconstruction)
- Panhard EBR
- P-18 radar
- Ural-4320
- 2S1 Gvozdika
- Schützenpanzer Lang HS.30
- MDK-2M
- GAZ-69
- Leopard 1
- PSzH
- Sturmgeschütz III
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= Air Defense=
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- SNORA and SURA-D rockets
- Bristol Bloodhound
- Super Fledermaus
- Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannon
- Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
- Mosquito (missile)
- RSD 58
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= Former Mowag Factory Museum=
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- Mowag 4x4 armored reconnaissance vehicle (armored dummy)
- Mowag MR 8
- Mowag Roland
- Mowag Puma
- Mowag Shark
- Mowag Spy
- Mowag Tornado infantry fighting vehicle
- Mowag Trojan infantry fighting vehicle
- Mowag Pirat
- Mowag 3M1 Pirat
- Jagdpanzer MOWAG Cheetah
- Mowag Piranha
- Mowag Eagle
- MOWAG-AEG
- Mowag T1 4x4
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See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.festungsmuseum.ch/koenigstiger/english/ Official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703005402/http://festungsmuseum.ch/englisch/ |date=2020-07-03 }}
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Category:Military and war museums in Switzerland
Category:Military history of Switzerland