An impressive collection of old Swedish military aircraft and vehicles

@ElentirENG ES 11·28·2023 · 23:48 0

Today there are museums that preserve aircraft and military vehicles in good condition, but not all of them have the necessary resources.

The Panzermuseum in Munster, a museum with more than a century of German tanks
A tour of the fabulous National Museum of Military Vehicles in Dubois, Wyoming

Last Sunday, Simply Adventure published an interesting video that shows a collection of former aircraft and military vehicles of the Swedish Armed Forcesincluding tanks, trucks, artillery pieces and various types of specialized vehicles. The video does not indicate where this collection is located, but I believe it is an association that preserves old military vehicles that belonged to an Armored Battalion of the Swedish Army (the video is in German but has subtitles in English, you can activate them in the bottom bar of the player):

The video is very long (45 minutes) and I am going to show you here only a small part of its contents. One of the most curious objects in this collection is this replica of a German Tiger tank from World War II, made with wood. In the video you can see its interior.

A turret of a Swedish Stridsvagn 74 tank. In the video we can see another complete tank of this type, although quite deteriorated (it seems that they did shooting tests with it). Sweden operated a total of 225 tanks of this type between 1958 and 1984, being replaced by the famous Stridsvagn 103 turretless tank.

The most impressive object in this collection is this Saab 35 Draken fighter. This model, manufactured in Sweden, made its first flight in 1955. The Swedish Air Force had it in service between 1960 and 1999, being replaced by the Saab 37 Viggen. The plane in the video has clear signs of having been used as a target at a shooting range.

Next to the Draken is this Bell 206B helicopter, formerly operated by the Swedish Air Force, which no longer has any helicopter of this type in operation.