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Kira

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I was in the Russian Armed Forces museum in Moscow today, great museum full of stuff from the middle ages to today, spent more than 3 hours there. Some very unique things too, like parts of Gary Powers' U2, artifacts and a porthole from the Kursk submarine, an entire tail section of a Heinkel 111 downed over Moscow, and overall a massive WW2 collection of weapons and other things - and on top of that, they have an even bigger museum actually dedicated to WW2 that I haven't visited yet, this is the Armed Forces-in-general museum. (and a dedicated tank museum....and a dedicated aircraft museum...both on huge grounds outside of Moscow, there were no WW2 planes here)

First of all, I finally got to see my love up close. She wasn't looking her best, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder :)

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Look at those curves! Even worn with age she shines with elegance!

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The iconic Kamov Ka-25

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Tail section of the He-111, this is the underside

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Gary Powers' U2 wreckage with ejection seat

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Since we're already here, some other things I found pretty interesting or very unique:

US pilot letter to would be hosts in case of ejection (Vietnam era)

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Japanese Nambu pistol, very rare, never thought I'd see one of these for real.

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Reichstag eagle. I'd say as far as one-of-a-kind exhibits are concerned, this takes the cake for today. From the looks of it, it seems that it fell on its head :D

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