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#76: Re: Three Amigos in Lesany Author: JiriTintera, Location: Prague, Czech Republic

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:33 pm
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Dear colleagues,
with a history of Czechoslovak military museums it's complicated. In socialist Czechoslovakia was this military museum:

Museum of Czechoslovak Army,
Zizkov in Prague (former National Liberation Monument, founded in ~ 1930)
- Historical exhibition,
- Historical Institute,
- Library,
- Depository.

Military Historical Museum,
Hradcany in Prague (1948-2002)
- Historical exhibition (Middle Ages),
- Depository.

Air and Space Museum,
Kbely in Prague (founded in 1968)
- Aeronautical exposure,
- Astronautically exposure,
- Artillery exposure,
- Exposure of ground equipment,
- Depository.

Military museums of the Slovakia not covered.

Since 1993, the Army of the Czech Republic holds:

The Army Museum Zizkov
- Historical exhibition,
- Historical Institute,
- Library,
- Depository.

The Aviation Museum Kbely
- Aeronautical exposure,
- Astronautically exposure,
- Depository.

The Military Technical Museum Lesany (created in 1995)
- Exposure of ground equipment,
- Depository.

After 1993, created a lot of private military museums that are administered by various foundations.

P. S.
Photos of the inside of armoured trains do not know, but I'll ask.

#77: Re: Three Amigos in Lesany Author: Doug_Kibbey, Location: The Great Satan

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 5:29 pm
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- Massimo_Foti

I was getting more curios about the armored rail wagon i n Lesany, so I took a look at "German Armored Trains 1904-1945" by Wolfgang Sawodny (Schiffer Publishing)

Sawodny says it's:

"The command car of the Czech armored train "President T. G. Masaryk" (undoubtedly of German provenance, but not corresponding to the standard BP 42/44 type), which after the Czechs did away with the armored train weapon was dug in at an airfield as an underground command post"

The fact it came from an airfield maybe explain why it was initially on display at kbely.

Massimo

Do you (or anybody) know of any good online sources of interior shots of some of the armored trains, historical or recent? That would make for some interesting viewing. I might have gotten into the one at Parola if we'd had more time since I was with the director, but time was limited and there's a lot to see there. February in Finland can be distinctly chilly when the sun goes down.

#78: Re: Three Amigos in Lesany Author: Massimo_Foti, Location: Lugano, Switzerland

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 1:11 pm
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I was getting more curios about the armored rail wagon i n Lesany, so I took a look at "German Armored Trains 1904-1945" by Wolfgang Sawodny (Schiffer Publishing)

Sawodny says it's:

"The command car of the Czech armored train "President T. G. Masaryk" (undoubtedly of German provenance, but not corresponding to the standard BP 42/44 type), which after the Czechs did away with the armored train weapon was dug in at an airfield as an underground command post"

The fact it came from an airfield maybe explain why it was initially on display at kbely.

Massimo

#79: Re: Three Amigos in Lesany Author: Massimo_Foti, Location: Lugano, Switzerland

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:50 am
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Cromwell IV by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

#80: Re: Three Amigos in Lesany Author: Massimo_Foti, Location: Lugano, Switzerland

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:25 am
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Centurion Mk 9 by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

#81: Re: Three Amigos in Lesany Author: JiriTintera, Location: Prague, Czech Republic

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 11:48 pm
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Massimo,
the expert of local conditions says, that was restored to its original appearance Mercedes 170V in camouflage Luftwaffe.

#82: Re: Three Amigos in Lesany Author: Massimo_Foti, Location: Lugano, Switzerland

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 10:53 pm
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Bedford 15cwt by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

#83: Re: Three Amigos in Lesany Author: Massimo_Foti, Location: Lugano, Switzerland

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 10:53 pm
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Bedford MWD by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

#84: Re: Three Amigos in Lesany Author: Massimo_Foti, Location: Lugano, Switzerland

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 10:52 pm
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The armoured rail wagon was in Kbely in 1998, even if Lesany was already opened.
The Mercedes 170V that in 1998 was in Lesany instead, is now in Kbely.

Massimo

#85: Re: Three Amigos in Lesany Author: JiriTintera, Location: Prague, Czech Republic

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 9:49 pm
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Dear Colleague,
in museum Kbely only stayed aircraft. Ground equipment was relocated to a new military technical museum in Lesany.

#86: Re: Three Amigos in Lesany Author: Massimo_Foti, Location: Lugano, Switzerland

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 8:55 pm
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Armoured wagon by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

This used to be in Kbely

#87: Re: Three Amigos in Lesany Author: Massimo_Foti, Location: Lugano, Switzerland

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 8:53 pm
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Ammo rail car by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

Used to transport ammunition for german 80 cm rail gun:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...rer_Gustav

Last edited by Massimo_Foti on Sun Jan 13, 2013 8:56 pm; edited 3 times in total

#88: Re: Three Amigos in Lesany Author: Pzkpfw-e,

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 10:57 pm
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The SA-1 lacks fins at the rear.

#89: Re: Three Amigos in Lesany Author: Massimo_Foti, Location: Lugano, Switzerland

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 10:14 pm
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5Ya23 mean SA-2 Guideline. Thanks Jiri!

Massimo

#90: Re: Three Amigos in Lesany Author: JiriTintera, Location: Prague, Czech Republic

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 10:11 pm
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- Massimo_Foti

Thank you Doug.

Let's start from the beginning, you don't see SA-1 that often:

SA-1 Guild by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

Massimo.
missile is in Cyrillic Marked as: 5Ya23. Sorry, more not help, I do not know codes NATO and Soviet missiles.

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