The Museum of Polish Military Technology (

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: ''Muzeum Polskiej Techniki Wojskowej'') is a military museum in the

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district of

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. It is a branch of the

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. It is located in former Fort IX of the

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Description

The museum is located in a former

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fortress which is divided by Powsińska Street in two parts, the larger part being the museum and the smaller part being Szczubełka Park. In the 1990s, with the retirement of obsolete military equipment, the Polish Army Museum built a warehouse, which later opened as an outdoor exhibition branch of the museum. Because the branch has a larger area than the main museum, the site is also used for storage and restoration of equipment.

Exhibits

Tanks

Other vehicles

Planes

Literature

* Zawadzki Wojciech, ''Polskie muzea wojskowe: informator'', Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Muzeum Tradycji POW.

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, 2002.

Gallery

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BTR-152 The BTR-152 is a six-wheeled Soviet armored personnel carrier (БТР, from Бронетранспортер/'' Bronetransporter'', literally "armored transporter"), built on the chassis and drive train of a ZIS-151 utility truck. It entered servi ...

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ASU-85 The ASU-85 (russian: Авиадесантная самоходная установка, АСУ-85, Aviadesantnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka, ASU-85 – airborne self-propelled mount) is a Soviet-designed airborne self-propelled gun of the Cold War ...

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External links

Official website

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