The Swiss Military Museum ( German : Schweizerisches Militärmuseum Full ) is located at Full-Reuenthal in the Canton of Aargau .
6-725: The origins of the museum go back to the Verein zur Förderung eines wehrtechnischen Museums ("Association for the Promotion of a Military Museum"), which was founded by Thomas Hug and friends. In 1989, the Festungsmuseum Reuenthal ("Reuenthal Fortress Museum") was opened. The construction of the military museum in Full on a former industrial site began in 1998. The sponsor of the Swiss Military Museum in Full
12-475: A German V1 flying bomb, a Reichenberg device, and engines and defence stands from English and American bombers that crashed or made emergency landings in Switzerland. [REDACTED] Media related to Schweizerisches Militärmuseum Full at Wikimedia Commons 47°36′31″N 8°11′31″E / 47.6086°N 8.1919°E / 47.6086; 8.1919 Reuenthal Fortress Fort Reuenthal
18-811: A military post in 1988, it is operated as a museum. Fort Reuenthal is located just south of Full-Reuenthal. It overlooks the Rhine and the hydroelectric station spanning the river at Dogern. It is part of the Border Line defenses built by Switzerland in the late 1930s, prior to a shift in Swiss priorities to the National Redoubt in the Alps . Work on the fort was started in 1937, and completed in 1939. The fort's armament comprised two artillery blocks with 75 mm guns and three machine gun blocks. Fort Reuenthal
24-716: Is a 20th-century Swiss fortification located in the Aargau canton near the Swiss border with Germany. Built between 1937 and 1939, the fort overlooks the Rhine where it bends around the town of Full-Reuenthal , and was intended to prevent a crossing of the Rhine at the hydroelectric plant at Dogern . It was a component of the Swiss Border Line of defenses. It is armed with two artillery blocks for 75 mm guns and two machine gun blocks. The fort uses camouflage, with house-like superstructures over some positions. Deactivated as
30-525: Is the Verein Militär- und Festungsmuseum Full-Reuenthal ("Full-Reuenthal Military and Fortress Museum") or VMFM. Until 2011 the association offices were located in the old Reuenthal Fortress , which it has also operated as a museum since 1989. A new museum hall was opened in April 2010. The museum displays military hardware and uniforms of Swiss and foreign armed forces, mainly from World War II and
36-515: The Cold War . The museum displays mainly tanks, artillery, anti-aircraft and anti-tank guns of the Swiss Army and other armies from the 20th century in several former factory halls. A special feature is the complete factory collection of the former arms manufacturer Oerlikon-Bührle on the upper floor of the museum. This mainly comprises anti-aircraft and aircraft weapons. The museum also owns
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