Virtual Tour: Austrian Museum of Military History

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0:00 - Introduction
02:30 - 17th Century hall
06:12 - 18th/19th Century hall
09:29 - World War One hall
17:13 - World War Two hall
20:24 - Naval history area

I recently had a chance to visit the Austrian Museum of Military History, and figured it would be nice to film a tour for the channel. The museum is in Vienna (the address is actually "Arsenal 1") and is one of the oldest continuously-operating military museums in Europe. There are four main galleries, and while they have a lot of very good sub-collections I think the real strength of the museum is the World War One section.

A few of the highlights include:
Perhaps the best collection extant of 17th century Turkish arms
A 380mm WW1 siege gun
Girandoni air rifle and it's air pump
WW1 compressed-air mortars
Salvatore-Dormus machine guns, and several Villar Peruses
Artifacts from the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, including his car and uniform and three of Princip's groups' FN 1910 pistols

If you are in Vienna, it is definitely a museum worth stopping in to see! I am looking forward to a future visit myself to see the new World War Two exhibits, which are expected to open in 2024.

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