China Tank Museum

China Tank Museum opened on August 1, 1998. It is the only Tank Museum in China and even in Asia. There are 11 exhibition halls in the museum, including the development history of the people's armored forces, tanks and armored vehicles, tank training simulators and weapon simulation modeling. There are 915 pictures and 420 documents on display. It reflects the growing process of our armored forces from scratch and from weak to strong.

The museum displays various types of tanks, armored vehicles and tank training simulators in various historical periods. The exhibition hall of Tank Museum displays the newly developed heavy tanks in China, as well as the meritorious tanks in wartime. There were tanks aided by the Soviet Union in those years, Japanese tanks captured in the war of resistance against Japan, and American tanks of the National Revolutionary Army captured in the war of liberation.

The exhibition of China Tank Museum includes all kinds of tanks and self-propelled guns of the Chinese people's Liberation Army in active or retired service, as well as combat vehicles captured or received from the enemy after the end of World War II. All of them are displayed in the form of objects, which greatly improves the visibility of the Museum. In addition, there are historical materials, photos and commemorative cultural relics of the Chinese people's Liberation Army's armored forces, as well as a variety of cultural relics Tank, main gun, driving simulator.

China Tank Museum

China Tank Museum opened on August 1, 1998. It is the only Tank Museum in China and even in Asia.

There are 11 exhibition halls in the museum, including the development history of the people's armored forces, tanks and armored vehicles, tank training simulators and weapon simulation modeling. There are 915 pictures and 420 documents on display. It reflects the growing process of our armored forces from scratch and from weak to strong.

Collection

The museum displays various types of tanks, armored vehicles and tank training simulators in various historical periods. The exhibition hall of Tank Museum displays the newly developed heavy tanks in China, as well as the meritorious tanks in wartime. There were tanks aided by the Soviet Union in those years, Japanese tanks captured in the war of resistance against Japan, and American tanks of the National Revolutionary Army captured in the war of liberation.

The exhibition of China Tank Museum includes all kinds of tanks and self-propelled guns of the Chinese people's Liberation Army in active or retired service, as well as combat vehicles captured or received from the enemy after the end of World War II. All of them are displayed in the form of objects, which greatly improves the visibility of the Museum. In addition, there are historical materials, photos and commemorative cultural relics of the Chinese people's Liberation Army's armored forces, as well as a variety of cultural relics Tank, main gun, driving simulator.

Japanese Chariot

97, 94

In the middle of the museum, there is an old Japanese chariot 97 medium-sized chariot. The main gun of this chariot is not on the central axis of the car body, but slightly to the right. The reason why it can be placed like this is that its main gun is only a 57mm caliber low bore pressure gun with small recoil force. Therefore, if it is replaced by the 105-120mm main gun of today's chariot, the rear seat force is often 10 to tens of tons, so it is impossible to consider this kind of design The way. In addition, the 57mm main gun takes up less space because of its small size. Therefore, the turret is more spacious than other large chariot turrets. At the same time, it is easier to operate. It is more similar to machine gun than traditional gun.

The configuration of the 97 chariot on display is that the engine is installed at the rear of the chariot, the drive shaft is connected to the front of the chariot, and the main drive wheel is also in the front. This pattern is the design of most chariots during World War II. As for the bodywork, the 97 and 94 chariots were made of steel plates with rivets or bolts, and no welding technology was used. This shows that Japan was not advanced in the manufacturing technology of chariots during World War II. In 1938, Japan's 97 type chariots began to be used in the war of aggression against China, with a total output of about 1500. After the war, Japan surrendered, and hundreds of them were taken over by the armies of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. On December 1, 1945, when the people's Liberation Army established its first armored force, it was equipped with an improved type 97 combat vehicle. In addition to the Tank Museum, there was also a type 97 combat vehicle in the Chinese people's Revolutionary Military Museum, which won the honor of "meritorious service" for its outstanding military achievements. Another valuable collection in the Tank Museum is a Japanese type 94 light combat vehicle during World War II In 1934, the Japanese army began to equip this type of combat vehicle. Its main task was to support infantry operations. During the Japanese War of aggression against China, each infantry division of the Japanese army was equipped with a combat vehicle company with six such vehicles. According to the museum staff, the type 94 combat vehicle in the Tank Museum is the only one in the world that remains intact and can still drive. This chariot fell into the water when it passed a floating bridge in Hebei Province. It was sealed up for a long time, but now it has been salvaged. Therefore, in the chariot, all kinds of Japanese armored equipment such as helmets, telescopes, samurai swords, and even daily necessities such as lunch boxes, water bottles, pens and pencils are available. There are also two m3 light tanks captured from the Kuomintang army in the exhibition. The blue sky and white sun can be seen on the bullet marked car body, but they have been repainted to celebrate the army day of August 1. This type of combat vehicle has used the dual pin track which is still used today. Another m3 light combat vehicle belongs to India. It was left on the battlefield by the Indian Army during the military conflict between China and India. Later, in order to express friendship, the Chinese army returned most of the arms seized from India. The Indian m3 combat vehicle left in the Tank Museum is even rarer.

American tank

LVTA-4

Another collection of American made equipment during World War II is the lvta-4 amphibious landing vehicle, which is an amphibious tank produced by American Food Machinery Co., Ltd. in the 1940s.

 

It is mainly equipped with tank troops and Marine Corps, which are used for coastal landing, crossing rivers and paddy fields. The vehicle was put into operation in August 1943, with a total output of 1890 vehicles. In 1944, it took part in the war for the first time on Saipan Island in the Pacific Ocean. In 1954, the French army used this type of tank to fight in the paddy fields of Vietnam's water network. Originally, there was only one vehicle in the museum, which was used for making movies and only had a complete appearance. Later, I had no idea that there was also an amphibious landing vehicle of the same type in a scrap iron treatment plant. After going to the survey, I found that the vehicle was a complete treasure, so the museum immediately carried it back to the museum to avoid the rare lvta-4 amphibious landing tank becoming a pile of scrap iron, lvta-4 It is a modified lvt-4, which seals the personnel cabin at the rear of the car body, and is equipped with the turret of an M8 light tank and a 75mm howitzer to facilitate fire support during amphibious landing.

M5A1 light tank

American made M5A1 light tank is a light tank developed by the United States in 1940s. Stuart is the most widely used light tank in World War II by the United States and its allies. Stuart can be found in forests and islands in Europe, North Africa, the Philippines and even Southeast Asia. Under the promotion of the lease act, it was provided to the Soviet Union, the Republic of China, France, Yugoslavia, Portugal and some central and South American countries, some of which even continued to use until 1996. It is the successor of M3 series light tank, also known as "Stuart 6". M5 series includes M5 and M5A1. The M5 light tank was not equipped with troops, and the M5A1 light tank was installed in 1943. This collection is the spoils of the Kuomintang army seized by the people's Liberation Army in the war of liberation. After liberation, this type of car was gradually retired.

 

M3a3 "Stuart" light tank

American made m3a3 "Stuart" light tank was developed from m3 light tank in the middle of the Second World War. The main weapons are one 37mm gun and three 7.62mm machine guns. It was finalized in August 1942 and put into production in 1943. By October of the same year, a total of 3427 vehicles were produced, which were later replaced by M5A1. Among them, 2433 vehicles were handed over to the Allied forces of Britain, China and Free France through the lease act of the United States. They were mainly active in the battlefields of Western Europe, Italy and Southeast Asia, and made great contributions to the Allied forces. In 1943, the Chinese national government adopted the lease act to equip a total of 48 such tanks and set up the first battalion of chariots under the "first temporary chariot group between China and the United States" of the PLA stationed in India. The first battalion of chariots is the chariot unit directly under the PLA stationed in India, and it is also the beginning of the use of us made chariots by the army of the national revolutionary army. The coating still adopts the olive green standard of the U.S. Army, and each company is marked with white diamond, yellow box and yellow rectangle, while the serial number of the car body follows the American marking method. As the troops stationed in India are fighting abroad, and their equipment is rented by the United States and Britain, the heavy weapons of the troops stationed in India are not painted with the blue sky and white sun emblem of the Kuomintang. After the end of World War II, the national revolutionary army put it into the Chinese Civil War (mainly in the Huaihai battlefield, i.e. xubeng area). After that, a large number of them were captured by the PLA and became one of the main combat vehicles of the PLA's armored forces.

Soviet tank

In addition to the above-mentioned Japanese and American made tanks during World War II, the Soviet tanks during World War II in the Tank Museum are worth the trip

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