Military museum Lešany

Military museum Lešany

Coordinates: 49°51′18″N 14°32′38″E / 49.855°N 14.544°E / 49.855; 14.544

The Military Technical Museum Lešany

The famous pink IS-2 at the entrance to the museum
Military museum Lešany is located in Czech Republic
Location of the museum within Czech Republic
Established 1996
Location Between the villages of Krhanice and Lešany, Czech Republic
Type Military Museum
Website www.vhu.cz

The Military Technical Museum Lešany is a museum of military vehicles located in the Czech Republic about 20 kilometers south of Prague. It's exposition contains over 700[1] historic tanks, cannons, motorcycles, armored vehicles, trucks, military passenger vehicles, missile systems and other military equipment manufactured in the period from 1890 up to present.

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History and presentation

A former Jordanian Chieftain tank during 8th 'Tank Day' at the dynamic display arena.

The Museum was established in 1996 in the former artillery barracks between the villages of Krhanice and Lešany, near Týnec nad Sázavou. The collections are presented in 9 small halls, 6 roofed areas and also in the open air. Since 2003, there's so called 'Tank Day' held every year at the end of the season (usually end of August/beginning of September) in the area of the museum, where many of the tanks and other military vehicles from the museum's collection are presented in dynamic displays. Army of the Czech Republic is also participating in these events therefore the current military equipment of the Czech Army can be also seen on displays. There are also events at the beginning of every season (in May) which are usually dedicated to other branches of ground equipment, like "Artillery day", "AAA day", "Tatra day", etc.

The Collection

Pre-war time

  • featuring for example: MU-4 tankette, Strv m/37, Praga RV, Tatra 27

Axis WWII

Allies WWII

Cold War: Warsaw Pact

Cold War: NATO

Modern

  • featuring for example: T-72M4CZ, HMMWV, Toyota Hilux SCV

Gallery

See also

Tank museums

References


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