Museum of Armored Corps History
The museum includes several exhibits dedicated to the history of armored combat in general, including:
- Model room with dozens of tanks
- Full scale models of:
- An armored knight
- Assyrian and Egyptian chariots
- Leonardo Da Vinci's design of the first tank
- Stamp collection, featuring tanks and other armored vehicles
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