Museum of Armament and Military Equipment of the Airborne Forces
My mind, accustomed to the Asian expanses of my homeland, didn’t immediately grasp the smallness of the European part of the country. It’s 1.5-2 hours from Moscow to Kubinka, just outside Moscow, and just an hour longer to Ryazan, the capital of a completely different federal subject. And if you get to the first one on a classic commuter train – with all the consequences, then to the second one – on its modern, luxurious version with the guarantee of an individual seat.
I had a targeted trip to this city to visit the Museum of Armament and Military Equipment of the Airborne Forces.
Right from the entrance I knew I was in the right place!
A glance to the right reveals orderly rows of military equipment.
I won’t show you what’s on the left yet, so you don’t have a heart attack or choke on your saliva.
Equipment in the open, equipment under cover,
equipment between hangars
and inside the hangars.
Since the topic is Airborne, we’ll start with that.
The most luxurious examples of equipment and weapons, prepared for landing. Some with crews.
However, other places have been allocated for people.
The next hangar has an equally exotic exhibit.
The range is very wide: from a wide variety of implementations of auto repair shops and a model of a collection point for damaged cars to
equipped repair area.
Almost a complete match between reality and the visual propaganda. Except someone stole the vice from the table. Or at least didn’t set it up.
The contents of the next pavilion are a bit odd for this topic. At least half.
Regarding passenger cars.
I’m not usually one for photo-documents, but there are a ton of interesting photos here whose authenticity is beyond doubt.
And the paintings here have technically accurate subjects.
Remember how I didn’t let you look left? Now you’ve adapted a bit—look.
And these beauties, as befits ladies, are beautiful from every angle. If only I could penetrate them!
The cadets keep the area in order.
The secret is revealed very simply: the museum’s neighbor is the Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne Command School, Order of Suvorov, twice Red Banner, named after Army General V.F. Margelov.
To be continued…