Monday 4 July 2016

A trip to Arsenalen – The Swedish Tank Museum - Part 4 Foreign Vehicles

We end this four-part look at the Arsenalen tank museum with a look at the foreign vehicles on display.
The earlier parts:
Part 1 - AFVs in Swedish use, WWII and before 
Part 2 - AFVs in Swedish use, post WWII
Part 3 - Softskins and guns in Swedish use
A German Pz. I. Let's say it's not very big...
The Soviet T 37 light amphibious tank is about as small.  This one was captured by a Finnish soldier on the Salla front in 1939 and gifted to the Swedish voluteers fighting in Finland in 1940. It is one of only two surviving examples.
It must have been cramped...
Gun Motor Carriage M16
T-34-85
Sherman Firefly M4A4. This is one of four bought after the war for evaluation

An SdKfz 131, Marder II. This one was bought in 1946 for evaluation but was in a sorry state and refurbished  much later for this exhibit.
Kübelwagen 
Carrier
Hetzer
It's not a large tank...
Hetzer and Goliath
T-72M1 with wading equipment.
A T-55 cut open
M113
That's it.
I probably missed a couple of vehicles, but that is a good reason for you to visit this excellent museum.

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12 comments:

  1. So the "Tiger" wasn't there any more?

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    1. I saw no Tiger, real or wannabe

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    2. They had a fake Tiger last year, that had been used in the Död Snö 2 film shoot.

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    3. Right, the T-55...
      We made this trip last year, but I guess they didn't have it there when we visited. No big loss, really.

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  2. A great final instalment with some truly iconic vehicles.

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  3. Interesting survivors there, and some rarities too. Thanks for sharing.

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  4. Very interesting thanks. Loved seeing the tiny ones.

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    1. You're welcome!
      When it comes to AFVs I think the smaller the better.

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    1. Thank you Herman, and welcome to the blog!

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