Armour museum in Kubinka (Russia)

[Kingpin]

Thanks to John and waronline.org


Some unsorted tanks:


http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950002.jpg

http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950001.jpg

http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950003.jpg

http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950004.jpg

http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950005.jpg

http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950007.jpg

http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950012.jpg

http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950011.jpg

http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950017.jpg


This is NOT me :)

http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950016.jpg

http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950018.jpg

http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950014.jpg




Some armor in action


http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950051.jpg

http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950049.jpg

http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950054.jpg

http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950053.jpg

http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950057.jpg

http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950056.jpg

http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950055.jpg

http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950061.jpg

http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950060.jpg

http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950058.jpg

http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950064.jpg

http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950063.jpg

http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950062.jpg

[George W. Bush]

Cool beans.

[Argyll]

Slightly OT here,is Kubinka also the home of the Airforce museum as well?

[Kingpin]

Slightly OT here,is Kubinka also the home of the Airforce museum as well?

Not exactly. MAKS airshow hosted here. Airforce museum located in Monino... Well, anyway both cities located in Moscow region...

[mack pl]

Cool museum kingpin :) You have stuff from whole world :D

[Kingpin]

Cool museum kingpin :) You have stuff from whole world :D

Stories of getting some of them very interesting. Especially this concerns American tanks :) :)

[Shuravie]

Lovely place. I was there twice (not enough 1 day to check everything)
290 vinechels in collection. Very impressive. Numbers of foreighn tourists coming Russia only with reason to visit Kubinka (special permission required). You can even ride on T34, t72 or German tanks...(it was quit expencive for me on that moment) :)

http://www.tankmuseum.ru/

Sorry for my english

[hank]

GREAT STUFF! Thanks for these. I want to get to Kublinka someday. I have a link to a site that has over a thousand photos from Kublinka and other Russian/European armor museums. I don't have it on my laptop, but I will post it when I get home tonight. Thanks again for these, any more you have would be greatly appreciated!

hank

[kinghk]

Lovely place. I was there twice (not enough 1 day to check everything)
290 vinechels in collection. Very impressive. Numbers of foreighn tourists coming Russia only with reason to visit Kubinka (special permission required).

Typical russian to have a huge bureacratic process to enter such sites. The russian tourist administration had some Tv-adds for St.Petersburg last year, but while they wanted tourist to come and spend some money there, there were still a huge bureacratic process to get a visa. Specisically if you dont live near the russian embassy.

[Shuravie]

Yeah thats true

[perdurabo]

now i know what i have to visit in russia Kubianka and Monino! :)

[OldRecon]

Even got Swedish tanks: :D
http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950004.jpg
http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950005.jpg

Have Sweden been at war with Russia since the days of comrade Napoleon?

[mustamato]

Even got Swedish tanks: :D
http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950004.jpg
http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950005.jpg

Have Sweden been at war with Russia since the days of comrade Napoleon?[/url]

Not many wars with Russia, but Pansarmuseet in Axvall in Sweden have
some Soviet tanks, so I guess they have simple traded.

http://www.algonet.se/~toriert/samling.htm

The first tank in the picture seems to be a Strv 74, that is a Strv m/42 that
got a modified turret built by Landsverk (that also built the original tank).

http://www.landskrona.se/kultur/landsverk/militart/milbilder/lagoII-IV.jpg
Strv m/42 with original turret

http://www.landskrona.se/kultur/landsverk/militart/milbilder/strv74-2.jpg
After modified turret, the gun is a Bofors 75 mm L/60 (originally a AA gun).
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http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950012.jpg
This badass, what is it? I guess it´s a 152 or 203 mm gun?

[Shuravie]

OldRecon
Actually Napoleon was french guy...:)
Last Russian-Sweden war was in 1741-43. And some fleet battles in 1789...
During Napoleon's compaign Sweden was on Russia side. As well GB, Spain, Portuguese and Prussia.

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Sorry for my english.

[hank]

Here is that site with all the Kublinka pictures. Not tryig to steal any thunder b/c I ahve nothing to do with the site. It is a couple of German guys who have travelled throughout Europe viewing armor museums and they have a lot of great stuff. Check it out.

http://www.jagdtiger.de/index2.htm

hank

[spoonman]

http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950064.jpg

god i love that tank.

[REMOV]

http://waronline.procentr.org/Waronline_photo/07950012.jpg
This badass, what is it? I guess it´s a 152 or 203 mm gun?Nope, 130mm. It is Trojanov's Object 279, Russian experimental heavy tank.


Source: http://www.battlefield.ru/is4.html

In 1957, a group of engineers, headed by L.S.Troyanov, developed a prototype of a new heavy tank, named "Object 279". This was a very unique vehicle. The tank had a classic layout, but the problem of protection was solved by an unusual design feature. The hull of the tank was covered by a thin elliptical shield. That shield protected the tank against HEAT ammunition and to prevent it from overturning during a nuclear explosion.

The thickness of the glacis plate was 269 mm, and the thickness of the turret was 305 mm. The tank was armed with a 130 mm M-65 gun and a coaxial 14.5 mm KPVT machine-gun. The ammunition carried for the main gun was 24 shells. The Engine was a 16-cylinder diesel DG-1000 (950 hp) or 2DG-8M (1000 hp). The tank's crew consisted of four men.

Another unusual feature of the tank was the chassis. It consisted of four tracks combined in pairs. Such construction increased the tank's height, but guaranteed that the tank would rarely get bogged down. The tank also had great tractability on snowy and swampy terrain. At the end of 1957, a single tank had been built, but after that the project was abandoned. The "Object 279" is now displayed at Kubinka.

http://armor.kiev.ua/Tanks/Modern/279/279_test.jpg
http://armor.kiev.ua/Tanks/Modern/279/279_kubinka1.jpg
http://armor.kiev.ua/Tanks/Modern/279/279_kubinka2.jpg

[GazB]

Typical russian to have a huge bureacratic process to enter such sites.

Perhaps that is because a lot of design bureaus are based there? Besides at least you aren't fingerprinted and scanned by microwaves like you are in the US... not to mention all those cameras and one way mirrors.

[panzerfaust]

When were you there, do you live nearby?and are you able to go again?

[Falco]

Good pics woot