Tank "Pz. 61"steemCreated with Sketch.

in switzerland •  7 years ago 

After World War 2 a new nation that might have been less expected to do so entered the field of tank production: Switzerland.
To increase its independence from foreign arms imports, the "Eidgenössischen Konstruktionswerkstätte Thun" built 150 of these tanks. Armed with a british L7 rifled 105mm gun, it had more than adequate firepower. The last pieces left Swiss service in 1994.

You can see this example in Thun, Switzerland.

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...or you can visit the beautiful castle of Thun 😉

been there, done that :)