Something I already wanted to do during my service, yet I never got the opportunity for:
Paying a visit to the german Panzermuseum in Munster.
So yesterday we stopped there on our return trip from Hamburg and hey, it was totally worth it!
This shows only a small variety of exhibition pieces they've had there. Most of them in very good condition and some of them still driveable(!).
The first "mass produced" (*Cough* 23 pieces...) german tank. One 50mm gun and four 7.92mm MGs.
Pz38(t) left and a PzIII right with the latter being one of my favourite tanks of WW2. Small, yet delivering quite a punch with its 75mm gun.
The Panther. Heavily armed, quick and ahead of its time...by far!
Jagdpanzer IV. With only ~1.82m in height, this one was perfect for hiding in all kinds of tall bushes or behind walls.
The king of the tanks. The King Tiger (or Tiger II). I drowned in a pool of my own saliva when I sighted this one. This is by far the most impressive and menacing tank I've ever seen.
Again the King Tiger, but this time sharing the picture with its infantry-support sibling (actually, based on the Tiger I), the Sturmtiger, armed with a 38cm mortar.
Paying a visit to the german Panzermuseum in Munster.
So yesterday we stopped there on our return trip from Hamburg and hey, it was totally worth it!
This shows only a small variety of exhibition pieces they've had there. Most of them in very good condition and some of them still driveable(!).
The first "mass produced" (*Cough* 23 pieces...) german tank. One 50mm gun and four 7.92mm MGs.
Pz38(t) left and a PzIII right with the latter being one of my favourite tanks of WW2. Small, yet delivering quite a punch with its 75mm gun.
The Panther. Heavily armed, quick and ahead of its time...by far!
Jagdpanzer IV. With only ~1.82m in height, this one was perfect for hiding in all kinds of tall bushes or behind walls.
The king of the tanks. The King Tiger (or Tiger II). I drowned in a pool of my own saliva when I sighted this one. This is by far the most impressive and menacing tank I've ever seen.
Again the King Tiger, but this time sharing the picture with its infantry-support sibling (actually, based on the Tiger I), the Sturmtiger, armed with a 38cm mortar.
