Swedish Tank Museum, Military museum in Strängnäs, Sweden.
The Swedish Tank Museum Arsenalen is a museum in Härad, about 6 km west of Strängnäs. Its main Vehicle Hall displays 75 of the 375 vehicles owned by the museum, including a Stridsvagn 103, a T-34, a Sherman Vc Firefly and a Panzer I. The hall also houses simulator equipment, temporary exhibitions and the Figure Museum's collection of tin figures.
The museum opened on 17 June 2011, inaugurated by King Carl XVI Gustaf, and is run by a private non-profit foundation. Its Regiment Museum, opened in 2014, traces the history of Södermanlands regemente from 1634 to 2005, beginning as an infantry regiment and ending as a modern armoured regiment.
The museum is run by a private, non-profit foundation and belongs to the network Sveriges Militärhistoriska Arv. Inside the same building, the Figure Museum opened in 2012 with a large collection of tin soldiers, and the Regimental Museum, opened in 2014, traces Södermanlands regemente from 1634 to 2005, starting at a soldier's cottage and ending among the armoured vehicles.
The museum lies in Härad, about 6 km west of Strängnäs, and is run by a private non-profit foundation. The Vehicle Hall holds the vehicles, simulator, Figure Museum and temporary exhibits under one roof, while the Soldier's Cottage and regimental displays are outdoors. Allow time for both parts of the site.
The museum's collection includes the Stridsvagn 103, a turretless Swedish tank with a fixed gun, and the Bandkanon 1, a self-propelled artillery piece. The Figure Museum, opened in 2012, holds a large collection of tin figures. The Soldier's Cottage Museum, opened in 2013, shows the life of an allotted soldier and his family.
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