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Here we keep you up to date on current exhibitions, exciting new additions to the collection, events and projects relating to the Tank Museum.
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30.10.2025
Funding completed: Media guides in the Tank Museum!
On Thursday, a small ceremony to mark the launch of the new multimedia guide concluded the implementation of a major sponsorship at the German Tank Museum, which has been running for several years.
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30.10.2025
Funding completed: Media guides in the Tank Museum!
On Thursday, a small ceremony to mark the launch of the new multimedia guide concluded the implementation of a major sponsorship at the German Tank Museum, which has been running for several years.
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10.12.2025
Changed opening times on 10.12.2025
Changed opening times on 10.12.2025
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30.10.2025
Funding completed: Media guides in the Tank Museum!
On Thursday, a small ceremony to mark the launch of the new multimedia guide concluded the implementation of a major sponsorship at the German Tank Museum, which has been running for several years.
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20.10.2025
We are looking for reinforcement!
The Tank Museum is looking for a service employee for the store and cafeteria as of 01.01.2026.
Object of the month
Exciting short stories
As we also endeavor to present special pieces from the depot, you will also find unusual objects and exciting stories here.
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French tank helmet, 1940
In the 1930s, France greatly expanded its armored units and, at the beginning of the Second World War, had significantly more tanks than the German Reich. Tank models from the First World War were upgraded, new models were introduced and the uniforms of the crews were also further developed.
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01/2026
Pervitin bottle (reproduction)
The metamphetamine “Pervitin” came onto the German market as a drug in 1938 without sufficient testing.
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12/2025
Model of a Yellow-bellied Toad, 2025
Well camouflaged on top and sporting a yellow-and-black belly underneath to ward off danger, this model of a small yellow-bellied toad fits perfectly into the tank museum’s collection.
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11/2025
Photographs of a Soviet barracks in Mahlwinkel by a Bundeswehr soldier, 1992
In the reunified Germany of 1990, there were still hundreds of thousands of foreign soldiers from the former occupying powers. The Two-Plus-Four Treaty stipulated that Soviet troops had to withdraw from the territory of the former GDR.
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10/2025
NVA classification badge, 1962-1981
In 1958, the NVA introduced classification badges for various military training courses, for example tank and motor vehicle drivers, radio operators, divers and airplane pilots. This merit badge was awarded to tank drivers after their examination
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09/2025
Russian combat helmet 6B47, 2021
Drones have become a central means of combat in the war in Ukraine. Both sides are using both military and commercially available civilian drones.
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08/2025
Board game “Ethixx” of the German Armed Forces, 2016
The board game “Ethixx” was published by the Center for Internal Leadership in 2016 to make training and further education in the Bundeswehr on the subject of ethics more interesting.
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07/2025
Poem on the one thousandth design change of the HS-30, 1960
This poem was written by Hanomag employees to mark the one thousandth design modification of the HS 30 infantry fighting vehicle in March 1960.
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06/2025
Shaped-charge grenade as a cutaway model, 1971
This model has a Prussian cockade at the front and a storm strap with which the helmet could be fastened to the head.
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05/2025
Leather helmet of the motorized troops, ca. 1916
This model has a Prussian cockade at the front and a storm strap with which the helmet could be fastened to the head.
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04/2025
Book “Grenadiers” by Kurt Meyer, 1983
Kurt Meyer (1910-1961) was an SS brigade leader in the Waffen-SS and remained a staunch National Socialist even after the war.
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03/2025
Japanese armored helmet, ca. 1930s
This helmet is the unlined summer version of the Japanese Type 92 armored helmet. It is made of brown textile and is fully padded.
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