Museum of Military and Labor Glory (Saratov). Part 3.
Returning to the original road and walking a little further on the other side, we discover another green oasis: green trees above, green equipment below.
Initial report: Museum of Military and Labor Glory (Saratov). Part 1.
Previous report: Museum of Military and Labor Glory (Saratov). Part 2.
The T-44 tank is a rare visitor to such sites, so I’ll show you its museum plaque.
The following tanks, the T-54 and T-55, are well known, but they need to be looked at side by side to understand how they differ.
But the T-62 and T-64 are much more different! That’s right: there the difference in the numbers was one, and here it’s two.
But the T-80 tank is unlike any other.
In the series Friends, Joey discovers his “hand twin” — a look‑alike with exactly the same hands.
and here we’ve got two “chassis twins”: the MT‑LB and the PT‑7.
There was no pair for the BMD-1,
but there are again two armored personnel carriers: BTR-60PA and BTR-60PB.
Well, we’ve hooked everyone up in pairs here — but time to move on!
There is a helipad nearby.
And that makes sense. There’s a belief that helicopters are the souls of fallen tanks.
The helicopters here are the well-known Mi-2, Mi-8T, and Mi-24V, so we’ll dispense with the signs.
The next thematic area begins with a monument to firefighters and rescuers who died in the line of duty.
That this is no longer military equipment is clearly visible by its color.
The series begins with a very simplified model of the first fire truck built in Russia.
The next two exhibits are based on common Soviet-era cars. I’ll just show them: those who know will need no further explanation, and those who don’t won’t care anyway.
Once again, the following items were in the typical green color.
Since not every museum has such units, I will show them with explanatory signs.
This is the first time I’ve seen such a technique.
And there is something similar, but in the form of a car trailer.
There is another non-green car in this row.
It turns out we (okay, I) came from the other side and we should have started from here.
The text on the poster reads: “Alley of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia.“
A little to the side there is another fire device.
The gangway clearly invites you on board. I didn’t refuse.
Moreover, the strange and unusual plane is clearly visible from it.
But that’s another story.
To be continued: Museum of Military and Labor Glory (Saratov). Part 4.