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The exhibits are located in the open air at the Thun weapons range and can be viewed during office hours of the Swiss Army Museum
Association within the Dufour barracks, entrance on Military Street. Since some of the over forty exhibits have been in the open air for a long time, a large number of
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Main battle tank (D) M+77101 was the first of 35 Leopard 2s delivered from
Germany in 1987, 345 Leopard 2s were manufactured in Thun until 1993
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Bridge-laying tank (GB), year of manufacture 1961–1963, 2 exhibits purchased for tests in the CH chassis such as the Pz 57 Centurion
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King Tiger B, main battle tank (D), manufactured in 1944, handed over to the Swiss
Military Museum in 2007 as a permanent loan.
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Armored personnel carrier (D), manufactured from 1956, two prototypes without a turret in military testing, exchange item
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Scout tanks (GB), manufactured in 1943, 64 units were purchased (early 1950s), never introduced, used as target vehicles
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Armored personnel carrier (F) (Infantry Combat
Vehicle), manufactured from 1955, purchased for trials in Switzerland
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Light combat vehicle (GB), manufactured in 1934, 6 units were purchased for the Swiss Army (2 in 1934, 4 in 1935)
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but not possible because the weapon was only developed two years later and was only produced from 1941 onwards
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Armored personnel carrier (F), year of manufacture 1951, exchange item, special equipment for radio operators
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Tank destroyer (CSR/D), year of manufacture 1944–1945, gift from F, trials in CH, predecessor of the G13
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Ball screen Tiger II from battle tank VI Tiger II (D), year of manufacture 1944, thickness 150 mm
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Combat armored personnel carrier (CH), manufactured in 1959 or later, an exhibit purchased for testing
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Transport vehicle for Panzer-Grenadiers (GB), manufactured in 1944, 302 purchased, sold again in 1965
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Assault gun (CH), year of manufacture 1942–1945, prototype in four versions, no series production
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Light combat vehicle (F), manufactured from 1917, 5 units were purchased (2 in 1921, 3 in 1939)
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Self-propelled gun (CH), year of manufacture 1943, prototype on an extended Pz 39 chassis
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1 × 8.4 cm tank gun 58, 1 × 20 mm cannon, 1 × 7.5 mm MG, 4 men, 35 tons
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Main battle tank (CH), year of manufacture 1958, 2 prototypes, 10 pre-series vehicles
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1 × 9 cm cannon L70, 2 × 7.62 mm MG, 1 × 12.7 mm MG, 5 men, 44 tons
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1 × 7.5 cm cannon, 2 × 7.62 mm MG, 1 × 12.7 mm MG, 5 men, 32 tons
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Main battle tank (USA), manufactured in 1942, purchased for tests in
Switzerland
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Main battle tank (D), year of manufacture 1943–1945, gift from F, trials in CH
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Main battle tank (D), year of manufacture 1937–1945, gift from F, trials in CH
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Tank destroyer (D), year of manufacture 1943–1945, gift from F, trials in CH
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Tank destroyer (D), year of manufacture 1941–1944, gift from F, trials in CH
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4 men, 1 × 9 cm cannon, 1 × 7.62 mm MG, 1 × 12 mm MG, 45 tons
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Panzer 68/88, Swiss main battle tank (CH), manufactured 1988–1993, 195 units
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Light combat vehicle (CSR/CH), year of manufacture 1938–1939, 24 purchased
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Centurion main battle tank (GB), procurement 1958–1960, 100 units procured
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History museum, technology museum in
Outdoor area of the Thun weapons range
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Main battle tank (GB), year of manufacture 1948–1952, purchased in Canada
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Assault gun (D), year of manufacture 1943–1945, gift from F, trials in CH
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Sturmpanzer (D), year of manufacture 1943–1945, gift from F, trials in CH
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Self-propelled gun (CSR/D), year of manufacture 1944–1949, 158 purchased
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Tank artillery (F), manufactured in 1956, 4 purchased for troop trials
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Prototype special tank on chassis Pz 61 (CH), one example procured
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1 × 7.5 cm cannon L70, 3 × 7.92 mm MG, 5 men, 44.8 tons
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1 × 7.5 cm cannon L48, 2 × 7.92 mm MG, 5 men, 22.4 tons
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1 × 7.5 cm anti-tank gun 39 L48, 1 × Flab-MG, 4 men, 16 tons
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3 men, 24 mm cannon 38, 2 × 7.5 mm machine guns, 8 tons
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1 × 8.8 cm cannon L71, 1 × 7.92 mm MG, 5 men, 46 tons
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1 × 7.5 cm cannon L48, 1 × 7.92 mm MG, 5 men, 24 tons
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1 × 7.5 cm cannon L48, 1 × 7.92 mm MG, 4 men, 24 tons
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Main battle tank (USA), year of manufacture 1954, exchange item
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1 × 8.8 cm cannon L71, 3 × 7.92 mm-MG, 5 men, 68 tons
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1 × 10.5 cm howitzer, 1 × 12.7 mm MG, 7 men, 24 tons
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1 × 20 mm cannon (turret dismantled), 3+9 men, 18.1 tons
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The following exhibits can be seen on the exhibition grounds:
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Special tank (CH), year of manufacture 1977/78, 2 prototypes
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4 men, 1 × 10.5 cm cannon, 2 × 7.5 mm MG, 41 tons
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them are restricted in their ability to drive and function.
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1 × 10 cm cannon, 2 × 7.62 mm MG, 4 men, 36 tons
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1 × 85 mm cannon, 2 × 7.62 mm MG, 5 men, 32 tons
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L71 from battle tank VI Tiger II (D), manufactured in 1944
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4 men 1 × 10.5 cm cannon, 2 × 7.5 mm MG, 50 tons
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Federal
Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sport
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4 men, 120 mm smoothbore cannon, 42 rounds, 62 tons
1068:"English – Military and Fortress Museum Full-Reuenthal"
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1 × 4,7-cm-anti-tank gun (CSR), 3 men, 10 tons
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1 × 20 mm MK, 3+9 men, 18.2 tons (with turret)
589:2 × 35 mm cannon Oerlikon KDA, 3 men, 46 tons
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466:Scout tank (F), year of manufacture 1953–1957
223:5 men, 1 × 37 mm cannon, 2 × MG, 12 tons
910:Year of manufacture 1943–1953, exchange item
182:2 men, 1 × 3.7 cm cannon, 6.7 tons
162:2 men, 1 × 7.5 mm machine gun, 3.8 tons
392:2+8 men, 1 × 20 mm cannon, 14.6 tons
372:5 men, 7.5 cm anti-tank gun, 24 tons
145:Type – year of manufacture – procurement
994:The development history of the Panzer 68
604:L28 howitzer (CH), manufactured in 1942
1158:Military and war museums in Switzerland
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950:Main battle tank (USSR), exchange item
511:1 × 7.5mm or 7.62mm machine gun, 5 men
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486:1 × 7.5 mm machine gun, 3 men
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241:6 men, dummy cannon, 27 tons
111:as well as examples of Swiss
85:on the HAM Foundation website
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996:, SAM, March edition 2006, (
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614:76.2 mm anti-tank gun
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508:10.5 cm howitzer L30
1087:Information according to
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385:Schützenpanzer Lang HS.30
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907:/85 Kampfpanzer (UdSSR)
483:7.5 cm tank gun 51
113:self-propelled artillery
607:ready to fire 6.8 tons
404:Panzerwagen 39 (Praga)
31:Panzerjäger G 13 (2011)
1129:46.757834°N 7.616363°E
1070:(in Swiss High German)
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582:Fliegerabwehrpanzer 68
992:Martin Haudenschild:
289:Entpannungspanzer 65
156:Vickers-Carden-Loyd
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1044:"Panzermuseum Thun"
463:Leichter Panzer 51
348:7.5 cm cannon
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1089:Panzermuseum Thun.
998:online-PDF 4,17 MB
431:2+6 men, 4.7 tons
46:Thun weapons range
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684:Jagdpanzer IV/48
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123:Description
1147:Categories
1117:46°45′28″N
1074:2024-01-03
1005:References
987:Literature
845:M4 Sherman
825:M47 Patton
806:Hotchkiss
514:16,5 tons
489:14,5 tons
309:M48 Patton
175:Renault FT
1120:7°36′59″E
966:Leopard 2
784:M7 Priest
703:Panzer IV
522:Panzer 58
249:Panzer 68
354:10 tons
195:Tiger II
132:Exhibits
103:in the
71:Director
60:Visitors
41:Location
926:AMX-VCI
624:2 tons
79:Website
705:Typ H
665:Hetzer
444:Hetzer
365:Gustav
336:5 men
151:Photo
97:museum
65:(2011)
1054:(PDF)
1047:(PDF)
142:Name
109:tanks
95:is a
63:6600
946:T-54
905:T-34
425:T16
115:and
101:Thun
91:The
52:Type
235:M3
99:in
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