Lauren Child Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 It seems fate smiled on me. Having found out I was going to miss War and Peace as work had scheduled me to be out of the country, I thought I was going to miss out. The day before heading home however, I found out that the hotel I'd been booked into was 10 minutes walk away from the Polish Army Museum. The museum charts the history of the Polish military from swords and suits of armour all the way to both sides of WW2. Here are some photos from my visit. Note : The "Kubus" is an armoured car made by locals in August 1944 for the Warsaw Uprising. It transported 8-12 men with two machine guns. Underneath it's a Chevrolet truck 157. It was deployed along with a captured APC to sieze the University of Warsaw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Child Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 More photos from the outside of the museum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Child Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 (edited) More photos. The T-55's are both the Polish variants - first the T-55AMS, and then the T-55U. The OT-64 is the SKOT variant developed jointly by Poland and Czechoslovakia. The DUKW is not actually a DUKW, but instead a BAV (Zil 485). The structure at the bottom is a Nebelwerfer. Edited July 27, 2008 by Lauren Child Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Wish my job sent me to places like that Lauren ! Nice photos ! Thanks for taking the time to post em ! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Nice looking collection of WWII and Post war vehicles thanks for taking the time to take the photo's and share them with Us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Child Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 Some highlights of the inside of the museum. The museum has a large display of medeivel swords, armour and sheilds. This is darkended, and I hadn't been able to read the (Polish) sign saying no flash photography. I got a couple of photos before it was explained to me. There is also a significant display of what I would call napoleonic era uniforms and militaria, but I didnt get many photos of this. There is a large WW2 display. Shown here are some Polish resistance artifacts (inluding intelligence on the V1 and V2 rockets, and what I assume is a Polish workshop for making Sten guns), and an interesting uniform that appears to be Allied, but uses the german style helmets. If you are planning on visiting, I can highly recommend it, but wait a couple of months as the signage is just being converted to show English as well. This should illuminate some truly unique exhibits to those of us who don't speak/read Polish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Child Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 Wish my job sent me to places like that Lauren ! Nice photos ! Thanks for taking the time to post em ! :-D No probs - glad you like them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Bloody superb.... Missing Beltring can have it's benefits..... top class M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 That armoured truck Kubus, isn't there a story attached to it? For some reason it is ringing a bell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Wow, great stuff! I've got to get myself to Poland once and not on a booze cruize but for this stuff. And Auswitz of course.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Child Posted July 28, 2008 Author Share Posted July 28, 2008 That armoured truck Kubus, isn't there a story attached to it? For some reason it is ringing a bell. Theres a paper on it's history here - http://www.warsawuprising.com/paper/kubus.htm I've also attached a photo of the museum placard that had been translated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Thanks Lauren, thought there was something about it. :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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