Weapon museum in Poznan, Poland

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Last Monday I went to the Citadel in Poznan for a walk and to visit the Weapon Museum. On Monday it was the National Army Day, by the way.
The old citadel is a huge park now with remains of old walls and museums.
Here you have some pictures from the Poznan Army and Weapon museums, all is dated WW2 or later

Polish RAF pilots uniforms

Probably the most used guns by the enemies- left - Soviet pepesha, left German

A selection of heavy machine guns

A tactical bicycle with rifle cover

Something for you Gundog - a set of Polish guns dated 1930's

and Soviet WW2 guns

The famous Soviet Katiusha missile launcher

US sky headlight (reflector) mounted on a Soviet car

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An US Dodge -still up and running- you can see registration plates

and another famous one...

One of the most used Soviet tanks, also in the Polish army T-34

Now the post WW2 times... MIG-21

Sukhoy SU-20

And a Big Bird - Iliushyn IL-28 bomber: wing spam almost 21 meter, length - 19 m , height 6,7 m

Now some ration - related pictures
A field kitchen and a car with the equipment for bread (dough) making, also on the move!

and finally - electric field oven for bread making

Hope you've enjoyed it. Welcome to Poznan (and visit me ) if you want to see it.

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Cool pictures! It's awesome they keep safe that bicycle it's Wehrmacht bike Truppenfahrrad I think, but it seems an older model from the end of the 30's - not sure though. Above PPSH it's PPS-43 just beautiful weapon and german STG44 on the right.

I like the place it has little of everything.

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Thanks
there are more weapons or weapons parts in the museum, also some uniforms like these

Some of the weapons or e.g. telephone devices are displayed, but I had some problems with photos ( no sufficient light)

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WH uniforms still looks stylish and I love that big Panzer beret, nowadays only French mountain troops wear ridiculous big berets. BTW sorry about my previous post and writing bycicle instead of bicycle...

I wonder about that left shoulder double V is it a rank or 5+5 years of service, all that is so messed up with Germans it's hard to know. Next time you visit museum check for homemade Polish resistance weapons that would be insane to see if they have any.

The boots =

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Awesome Album! Neat how they have a field kitchen at the museum. Speaking of field kitchens, you can buy them! Granted they may be expensive but the benefit can outweigh the cost if you go camping with 15+ people


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I wonder about that left shoulder double V is it a rank or 5+5 years of service, all that is so messed up with Germans it's hard to know.

It´s the rank.
A single "V" was a "Gefreiter" private (E-2), the doubled "V" is an Obergefreiter, a PFC (E-3).

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Thanks for the answer that's really interesting but I'm more confused then I was before because this right sleeves vs left sleeves V signs. I like the subject and I like to learn new stuff like this.Like when I found out Germans had short jackets to appear more tall then they are. When you think about it they made that "invention" 80 years ago... amazing. Still don't know is it urban legend or what. But they looked awesome, both in feldgrau or camoufage (also amazing camo inventions for that time and used even today in almost all variations).

I'm still amazed Poznan museum have planes like that and in the open ground. Too bad the guys who used that Polish RAF where obliterated when war ended and they came back home.

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Well I have to say that the items in museum, which are placed inside building look fine, the items under the roof are ok, guns/tanks as well, but the planes don't look very good-they should be renovated.

some items from 1939 war, the gun is a famous Polish VIS, it was found in a river

There are also 2 missiles the first one is a part of SCUD-A, the second is an anti-aircraft missile, both are big things

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because this right sleeves vs left sleeves V signs.

I can´t see his right sleeves?

I like the subject and I like to learn new stuff like this.Like when I found out Germans had short jackets to appear more tall then they are. When you think about it they made that "invention" 80 years ago... amazing.

But that Invention was made due to the shortage of supplies

Still don't know is it urban legend or what. But they looked awesome, both in feldgrau or camoufage (also amazing camo inventions for that time and used even today in almost all variations).

That´s right. Germany was the very first country that could print colored patterns on clothing. That knowledge helped our industry after WW2 a lot to come back into business.