Panzermuseum Thun, Military museum in Thun, Switzerland.
Panzermuseum Thun was an outdoor display of over forty tanks and artillery pieces on the Waffenplatz Thun, at the Dufour-Kaserne on Militärstrasse. The open-air collection was dissolved in 2024/25 and can no longer be visited; the Swiss vehicles went to Burgdorf and the foreign ones to the Swiss Military Museum Full-Reuenthal. The army's indoor teaching collection remains in Thun and can be seen by appointment.
Many of the tanks on display date from World War II and were brought to Switzerland by French authorities after 1945. The collection documents different phases of tank development from the war through the postwar period.
The open-air display was dissolved in 2024/25: the Swiss vehicles went to Burgdorf, the foreign ones to the Swiss Military Museum Full-Reuenthal. What remains in Thun is the army's indoor teaching collection, shown by appointment, plus the guided Schaulager of the Foundation Historical Material of the Swiss Army.
The open-air display was dissolved in 2024/25 and can no longer be visited. The indoor teaching collection of the Swiss Army remains in Thun and can be visited by appointment; the foundation Historisches Material der Schweizer Armee also offers guided tours of its storage depots.
The collection included a German Tiger II, listed among the vehicles on the Thun display ground. In 2024/25 the open-air museum was dissolved: the Swiss examples went to Burgdorf and the foreign vehicles, including the German ones, to the Swiss Military Museum Full-Reuenthal. The indoor teaching collection of the Swiss Army remains in Thun and can be visited by appointment.
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