The Military Museum () is a museum located in
Belgrade
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Serbia
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. Founded in 1878, the museum has over 3,000 ancient and modern items. These include
Roman
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swords and helmets,
Greek
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helmets and daggers,
Serbia
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knight
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's armor, axes, shields, helmets,
crossbows
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, armoured gloves, as well as Western medieval weapons. There are also more modern
gun
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s,
firearms
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, and elements of soldier's uniforms and equipment.
Dioramas
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, plaques, and displays illustrate the use and historical context of the museum's collection.
Inside the museum's main building, the exhibits are found in a single long hall progressing from ancient through medieval and then towards modern. All exhibits are labeled in the
Serbian Language
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in both
Cyrillic
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and Latin, as well as English. Outside the museum's main building, there are numerous
tank
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s,
howitzer
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s, and armoured cars of many types. Some were acquired during
World War II
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, when they were captured by the
Red Army
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and
Yugoslav Partisans
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from retreating Nazi and Axis forces (
Belgrade Offensive). These decommissioned tanks and artillery pieces line the walls and paths leading into the Military Museum from two directions. Recent exhibits address
NATO
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actions against
Serbia
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in 1999, including the controversial use of
cluster bombs,
depleted uranium
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, and
graphite bomb
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s, some of which are claimed to be in violation of international law. A well-known exhibit features parts of a US
F-117
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stealth aircraft which was
downed by a
Serbian S-125 Neva/Pechora
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.
The Military Museum is located inside the walls of the historic
Belgrade Fortress
The Belgrade Fortress ( sr-Cyrl, Београдска тврђава, Beogradska tvrđava, Hungarian: Nándorfehérvár), consists of the old citadel (Upper and Lower Town) and Kalemegdan Park (Large and Little Kalemegdan) on the confluence of th ...
, situated at the confluence of the
Sava
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and
Danube
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rivers and within a popular park known as the
Kalemegdan Park
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, near the center of the city.
Gallery
Outer Exhibition
File:Belgrade - Fortress.jpg, Belgrade Military Museum outer exhibition
File:Artiljerija kalemegdan.jpg, Various guns and howitzers
File:L-35-Beograd.jpg, Italian tankette, L3/35
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File:T-34-85 01.jpg, Soviet T-34-85
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tank, a variant of T-34
File:M3 Stuart 001.jpg, American M3 Stuart
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light tank
Inside Exhibition
File:Serbian armor 15th century.jpg, Serbian armor and equipment, 14 and 15th century.
File:Dzeferdar.jpg, Dzeferdar
File:Tambur-Mažor 1841.jpg, Uniform belongs to Tambur-Mažor of Serbian Army from 1841
File:Uniform of Serbian officer 1900.jpg, Uniform of Serbian officer 1900
File:Serbian War Flags.JPG, Serbian WWI flags
File:Polska tankietka TKF.jpg, Polish TKF tankette
File:Regular soldier 1809.jpg, Uniform of a private in the Serbian Revolutionary Army of 1804.
File:BMM-HajdukWeapons1.JPG, Hajduk
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weapons
See also
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List of museums in Serbia
External links
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Kalemegdan
Military and war museums
Military history of Belgrade
Ministry of Defence (Serbia)
Museums established in 1878
Museums in Belgrade
Stari Grad, Belgrade
Tank museums