Table of contents
Introductory overview
Airborne Forces Pavilion.
Exhibition of mobile maintenance equipment…
Between the hangars.
Introductory overview
My mind, accustomed to the Asian expanses of my homeland—first the USSR, then Russia—didn’t immediately grasp the constricted nature of the European part of the country. It’s 1.5-2 hours from Moscow to Kubinka, and just an hour longer to Ryazan, the capital of a completely different federal subject. And if you get to the first one on a classic commuter train – with all the consequences, then to the second one – on its modern, luxurious version with the guarantee of an individual seat.
I had a targeted trip to this city to visit the Museum of Armament and Military Equipment of the Airborne Forces.
I arrived in the morning by train, spent the whole day in this museum and left in the evening.
As soon as I entered, I knew I had arrived, and I had arrived exactly where I needed to!
A glance to the right rests on the orderly rows of military equipment.
I won’t show you what’s to the left just yet, lest you have a heart attack or choke on your saliva.
Equipment in the open, equipment under cover,
equipment between hangars and
it’s obvious as day, inside the hangars.
Since the topic is Airborne, that’s where we’ll start.
The equipment and weapons samples prepared for airdrop. Some of them with crews on board.
However, there is another zone for people
The next hangar has an equally exotic exhibit.
The range is very wide: from a wide variety of implementations of auto repair shops and a model of a collection point for damaged cars to
equipped repair area.
The next pavilion’s contents are a bit odd for this theme.
At least halfway to the right: civilian cars?
I’m not usually one for photo-documents, but there are a ton of interesting photos here whose authenticity is beyond doubt.
And the paintings here have technically accurate subjects.
Remember how I didn’t let you look to the left? Now you’ve adapted a bit—look.
And these “beauties,” as befits ladies, are beautiful from every angle. If only I could enter them!
There are few visitors on weekdays and they behave exactly the same as always and everywhere on such sites.
However, even with such visitors, the area is kept in order.
The secret of this is revealed very simply: the museum’s neighbor is the Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne School, which explains its (the museum’s) current name. Its cadets are also involved in maintaining cleanliness and order on the museum grounds.
