Thursday, January 15, 2015

If you're ever traveling in France, stop by the tank museum, it's a world class collection


All experimental French military vehicles where development has been abandoned are kept here. The vast storage rooms are only accessible to special guests. There is an enormous library, archiving the records of the history of French armour. The museum was renamed after General Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, the creator of the French tank arm. The previous name Musée des Blindés directly translates to "Museum of Armoured Vehicles".

While in France, you might want to see these other museums as well
http://www.cheminsdememoire.gouv.fr/fr/lieux-de-memoire/patrimoine/Mus%C3%A9es
Other tank museums of note:
 Military museum Lešany - Czech Republic
 Parola Tank Museum - Finland
German Tank Museum - Germany
Yad La-Shiryon - Israel
Kubinka Tank Museum - Russia
The Tank Museum - United Kingdom
 General George Patton Museum of Leadership - United States

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