Cavalry Tank Museum, Ahmednagar

Cavalry Tank Museum

Established	February ,1994
Location	Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India
Type	Tank Museum
Key holdings	Rolls-Royce Armoured Car, Vijayanta Tank
Collection size	50

Cavalry Tank Museum was established by the Armored Corps Centre and School, Ahmednagar in February 1994. It is the only museum of its kind in Asia and houses about 50 exhibits of vintage armored fighting vehicles.

The oldest exhibit is the silver Ghost Rolls-Royce Armoured Car. The older exhibits date to First World War vintage and served on the battlefields of Cambrian Somme and Flanders. A large number of vehicles are from Second World War period. Amongst the exhibits are a British Valentine, Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go and Type 97 Chi-Ha, Sherman Crab flail tank, M47 Patton, Centurion Mark II, German Panzer and the pride of India: Vijayanta. In the Memory hill house souvenirs of all regiments of the Armored Corps are kept. Museum remains open on all days form 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. There is an entry fee of Rs. 10/- per person.

Gallery

• Tanks at Cavalry Tank Museum
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  British Valentine Tank
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  A9-Cruiser Mk I
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  Sea Lion Sherman BARV

References

• [1] Tank Museum, Ahmednagar Govt. Website
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