My photos from the Cental Museum of the Great Patriotoc War (in Moscow)

[AMVAS]

Originally Posted by Owen D

I've never seen the Bren Carrier (Wasp) with wheels like that before.
Armchair Gallery - 2006-Central-Museum-Great-Patriotic-War-_142_
Where all Soviet Bren Gun carriers converted like that?

I also never seens such a chassis on any wartime photos...

I'm not an expert in lend-lease vehicles...
Just my own guess can be that original wheels could be missed and our repair-men could install non-original wheels from some after-war vehicle....
But it's only my guess. Probably some other explanation can exist



REgards,
Alex

[AMVAS]

Originally Posted by BulgarianSoldier

Thanks for the worm welcome тавариш

I assume from your site you've been then Alex?
Something of a holy grail for the Tank obsessed, been looking into organising a trip in a few years time but it looks like it's a bureaucratic nightmare to visit.

No, I never visited Kubinka tank museum.
But I have plenty of photos from them.
It's interesting place to visit. but unfortunately they wants visitors to be organized in groups...

[BulgarianSoldier]

Originally Posted by AMVAS

It's interesting place to visit. but unfortunately they wants visitors to be organized in groups...

Maybe they want some organisation ,how big the group must be to alow you?
I must admit that those ww2 paintings are unbalivable

[AMVAS]

Originally Posted by BulgarianSoldier

Maybe they want some organisation ,how big the group must be to alow you?
I must admit that those ww2 paintings are unbalivable

Poklonnaya gora you can visit individually. I spent there the whole day and still was not able to get inside, because there were too many interesting to see outside....

As for the Kubinka, I think it's better to organize this through the tourist company.

On the official Kubinka museum site I found the next "optimistic" announcement:
http://www.kubinka.ru/newindex.php?id=3&lang=2
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Иностранные граждане могут посетить музей только после получения соответствущего

разрешения в Министерстве Обороны Российской Федерации. Местонахождение Музея БТВТ и

содержание его хранилищ требуют сопровождения иностранных граждан сотрудниками службы

безопасности, а потому получение разрешения вовсе не является пустой формальностью.

Узнать, как можно получить разрешение, можно по телефону у дежурного по музею. Кроме

того, ряд российских туристических фирм предоставляют услуги по получению разрешений и

экскурсионному обслуживанию. В обязанности авторов этого сайта не входит реклама

конкретных турфирм, так что надеемся, что необходимая информация будет легко найдена

Вами при помощи Интернет.
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Translation:

foreign citizens can visit museum only after getting permission from the Ministry of

Defense of Russia.
Placement of the Museum and its collections demands escort of foreign citizens by

security staff, so getting permission is not formal procedure.

...
A set of Russian tourist companies provides services for getting permissions for

foreigners (Rem AMVAS. - I'm sure it's paid service).
THis site is not going to advertise some specific companies, as all the needed info can

be found in the net......
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Regards,
Alex

[Owen]

Originally Posted by AMVAS

I also never seens such a chassis on any wartime photos...

I'm not an expert in lend-lease vehicles...
Just my own guess can be that original wheels could be missed and our repair-men could install non-original wheels from some after-war vehicle....
But it's only my guess. Probably some other explanation can exist

REgards,
Alex

Yup looks like back to back road wheels off a BTR 50 with rubber removed.

[AMVAS]

Originally Posted by Owen D

Yup looks like back to back road wheels off a BTR 50 with rubber removed.

MT-LB light armored prime-mover also have similar wheels

[Owen]

This is going to be a "I love Soviet Armour" thread soon!


so did PT 76.

[AMVAS]

Originally Posted by Owen D

This is going to be a "I love Soviet Armour" thread soon!


so did PT 76.

That's why I wrote "some after-war vehicle"

[von Poop]

Originally Posted by Owen D

so did PT 76.

You wouldn't believe how cheap PT76's are, fully amphibious and can be had for less than 3k... there are, of course, reasons for the low price, most look like they've had a damned rough life somewhere in the developing world.