{"id":53563,"date":"2023-10-27T23:41:21","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T21:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=53563"},"modified":"2024-10-27T00:04:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T22:04:31","slug":"the-panzermuseum-in-munster-a-museum-with-more-than-a-century-of-german-tanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/10\/27\/the-panzermuseum-in-munster-a-museum-with-more-than-a-century-of-german-tanks\/","title":{"rendered":"The Panzermuseum in Munster, a museum with more than a century of German tanks"},"content":{"rendered":"

The history of tanks dates back to the First World War, the first being the British Mark I of 1916.<\/p>\n

A tour of the fabulous National Museum of Military Vehicles in Dubois, Wyoming<\/a><\/rel>
\nThe D-Day Collins Museum, a former headquarters that remains as it was in 1944<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

In response to the British tanks, Germany began to develop its first tank, the Sturmpanzerwagen A7V, in 1917.<\/strong> It was a steel mass weighing 31 tons and 7 meters long, and its main armament was a 57 mm cannon. That was the beginning of a long succession of German tanks<\/strong> that had its peak in World War II, during which these armored vehicles were the basis of the strategic doctrine known as \"Blitzkrieg\" (lightning war). .<\/p>\n

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In 1983 a tank museum was created in Munster, Lower Saxony, with the collection of the Panzertruppenschule<\/strong>, the German Army's training school for officers and non-commissioned officers of armored units. Currently, the museum brings together armored vehicles from different countries, from the two world wars and the Cold War<\/strong>. The oldest of all their vehicles is a World War I Daimler DZVR 21 armored truck, the only remaining vehicle of this model today.<\/p>\n

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The museum also has a Sturmpanzerwagen A7V, nicknamed \"Wotan\", but it is a replica<\/strong>, as the only surviving original A7V, nicknamed \"Mephisto\", is in a museum in Australia.<\/p>\n

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A Panzer IV Ausf. WWII G<\/strong>, nicknamed \"Friederike\" and preserved in the colors of the Afrika Korps.<\/p>\n

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A Panzer V Panther Ausf. A of World War II<\/strong>. It was a command tank that was rescued by a Swedish delegation in France in 1946.<\/p>\n

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A Soviet T-34\/76 tank.<\/strong> It was the most numerous tank of the Second World War: more than 84,000 were manufactured, a figure surpassed after the war by another Soviet tank, the T-55, with 95,000 units.<\/p>\n

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Among the modern tanks in the museum is this Leopard 2A4<\/strong>, which belonged to the German Army, being operated by the 334th Tank Battalion.<\/p>\n

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In addition to tanks, the museum also has other armored vehicles<\/strong>, such as this Marder infantry fighting vehicle that belonged to the German Army.<\/p>\n

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One of the most recent additions to the museum is this MGM-52 Lance<\/strong>, a missile launch vehicle of American origin. The German Army had 26 vehicles divided into 4 artillery battalions.<\/p>\n

If you want more information about this museum<\/strong>, you can visit its website: daspanzermuseum.de<\/a>. It should be noted that this museum restores its vehicles and keeps them in operation<\/strong>, holding exhibitions from time to time, so when you visit it you can find an excellent spectacle. Here you can see a video of the museum itself showing its facilities:<\/strong><\/p>\n