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This site is dedicated to the Deutsches Panzermuseum Munster, one of the premier armor museums in the world. The museum shows the development of Germany's armored troops from 1917 to the present with displays of vehicles, weapons, equipment, uniforms, documents and medals. The museum's exhibits cover all branches of the German armored corps: tanks, mechanized infantry, armored reconnaissance, anti-tank, self-propelled artillery, and armored engineers.
The following displays will give you an overview of what you can see at the Panzermuseum: - A display showing the evolution of armor from the ancient chariot to the modern-day Main Battle Tank, shown together with a 1:35 scale tank model collection.
- About 40 vehicles of the Bundeswehr and the former East German People's Army from 1955 to the present: Motorcycles, wheeled vehicles, infantry fighting vehicles, light tanks, prime movers, tank destroyers, and main battle tanks.
- Another 40 vehicles of the Wehrmacht from 1934 to 1945: Panzer I, Panzer III, Panzer IV, Panzer V "Panther", Panzer VI "King Tiger", assault guns, tank destroyers, light tanks, half-tracks, trucks, anti-tank guns from 37mm to 88mm, and anti-aircraft guns.
- Armoured vehicles of the American, British, Swedish and Russian armies.
- DAIMLER Schupo schupo-Sonderwagen DZVR 21, the standard wheel tank of the police during the Weimar Republic as Unikat.
- International modern steel helmet collection.
- The only European full-scale reproduction of the German A7V assault tank used during World War I.
- 120 German hand weapons since 1841: rifles, machine guns, submachine guns, anti-tank weapons, and anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM).
- About 100 German army uniforms from 1866 to today, including the original field blouses of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and General Heinz Guderian.
- 160 German military medals and decorations, plus documents from 1813 to today.
- An ongoing special exhibition of German military handguns from 1871 to pistols).
The Panzermuseum is also constantly improving and revising its holdings with special exhibitions, new acquisitions, and demonstrations by regional model building clubs and other groups.
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