PLA Tank Museum
中国人民解放军坦克博物馆 | |
Location within Beijing | |
| Established | September 1, 1990 |
|---|---|
| Location | Wennan Rd, Yangfang City, Changping District, Beijing. China |
| Coordinates | 40°09′43″N 116°07′31″E / 40.161966°N 116.125293°E |
| Type | Military museum |
The PLA Tank Museum is a (currently inactive) military museum located in Changping district, Beijing. It is China's only specialist tank museum.[1][2]
Description
The Tank Museum was completed on 1 September 1990, originally named "People's Armored Forces Exhibition Hall", renamed to "Tank Museum" on 1 August 1997 after an expansion and reopening. At that time, the museum had a display surface of 5.3 ha in 11 exhibition halls.[3] It is located within the compound of unit 8837 of the PLAGF.[4]
At the entrance of the Tank Museum there is a Type 96 main battle tank.The museum exhibition is divided into three main sectors: the history of the PLA's armored forces, the history of the world's armored forces, and the physical exhibition of armored vehicles.[2] The museum exhibits 392 historical documents, 100 historical items, 2,000 photos, 50 tanks and armored vehicles, and 300 scale models of armored vehicles from across the world.[1]
Notable exhibits
China[5]
- Type 59 MBT
- Type 63 APC
- Type 63 Amphibious Tank
- Type 69
- WZ-111 Heavy tank
- Type 85 AFV
- Type 80 MBT
- Type 96 MBT
Soviet Union/Russia
USA
Japan
References
- ^ a b "坦克博物馆一日游：与钢铁战车的亲密接触" [A day tour in the Tank Museum: in close contact with steel combat vehicles]. www.81.cn China Military Network. 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Huang, Yanghai (2016-05-18). "中国坦克博物馆旅游攻略" [China Tank Museum visitor guide]. www.81.cn. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 走进坦克博物馆 Archived 2013-11-12 at the Wayback Machine, 新华网.
- ^ "男孩子的最爱 北京这几家博物馆必须去打卡". 千龙网. 2018-03-30. Archived from the original on 2018-08-12.
- ^ "坦克大观". 坦克博物馆. Archived from the original on 2018-06-06. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
External links
- Media related to Chinese People's Liberation Army Tank Museum at Wikimedia Commons.