This is my last post of the tank museum in Munster. I have still more pictures, but I think this should suffice now.
This is the 8,8 cm Flak "Acht-acht" anti-aircraft gun.
The 8,8 cm was not only a anti-aircraft gun, this famous weapon had also success as a antitank gun.
My grandfather has destroyed with the 8,8 two airplanes and several Russian T-34 tanks. My grandfather serve at the west front until the bullet of a Frenchman pierced his shoulder.
At the eastern front he was very heavily wounded, a toe was torn off and a rifle bullet was in his lung.
Because he was damaged very strongly, he had to work in an ammunition factory.
In the year 1944 he was drawn again and heavily wounds from an American hand grenade.
The fragments from the grenade couldn't be removed and he lived with them till he died some years ago.
This is the Russian T-34 /85 tank. The T-34 /85 had a 85mm gun.
This is a German 2cm anti-aircraft cannon 38 L/65. These cannon had the calibre 20mm x 138 and was fed from a magazine which held 20 rounds. It fires theoretical 480 rounds/min and 220 rounds/min practical. The 2cm cannon was produced 1939 - 1944.
This is a Kettenkrad Typ NSU HK-101. On the left side from the picture you can see the VW Typ 166.
Crew: 1 soldiers and 2 passenger Years of production: 1940 - 1944 Total number produced: 8345 Speed: 70km/h
This is the passenger car Volkswagen Typ 166. It has a cruising range on the road about 500 kilometer and was a amphibious vehicle. Years of production: 1942 - 1944 Total number produced: 14283 Speed: 80km/h road and 10km/h water
This is the medium armoured personnel carrier Sd.Kfz. 251/7 version D (Armoured engineer vehicle).
Crew: 7/8 soldiers Armament: 1x handheld anti-tank rocket launcher 39 with forty rounds. 2x MG-34 or MG-42 with 4500 rounds.
This is the medium armoured personnel carrier Sd.Kfz. 251/9 version D "Stummel"(stump)
Crew: 3 soldiers Armament: 7,5cm tank-gun 37 L/24 with 52 rounds. 2x MG-34 or MG-42 with 2500 rounds.
This is the Field Marshal Baton from Field Marshal Guenther von Kluge.
This is the legendary MG-42. My grandfather and the other German soldiers called the MG-42 "Knochensaege"(bone saw). The lower weapon is visually almost identical with the MG-42, but the weapon was modified and is called MG-3. My grandfather used the MG-42, my father and I the MG-3.
This is the Sturmgewehr 44. The photos under the weapon show the "Krummer Lauf", a bent barrel with a periscope sighting device for shooting around corners from a position of safety.
Many pistols and revolver...
As always, the pictures can be looked big, with a click on the pic.
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