There is also one Swedish tank, the Stridsvagn m/21-29, a modified German LK II. In addition there are tanks from the Soviet Red Army, the British Army and the United States Army from the Second World War, as well as other modern tanks such as the Israeli Merkava. The heart of the exhibition is a collection of about 40 Bundeswehr and former East German ( Nationale Volksarmee) tanks as well as 40 German tanks and other Wehrmacht vehicles from the Second World War. The museum displays tanks, military vehicles, weapons, small arms, uniforms, medals, decorations and military equipment from World War I to the present day. In 2003 the museum opened a new building for special displays, a museum shop and a cafeteria. including 7,500 square metres (81,000 sq ft) of exhibition halls. The museum site covers an area of over 9,000 square metres (97,000 sq ft). It is now a museum open to the public, jointly run by the municipality of Munster and the Lehrsammlung der Panzertruppen und Heeresaufklärungstruppe am Ausbildungszentrum Munster (teaching collections of the armoured combat troops). It originated in 1983 from the instructional collection of the Panzertruppenschule, the Bundeswehr (German Army) school for training officers and NCOs of German armoured units. Its main aim is the documentation of the history of German armoured troops since 1917. The German Tank Museum ( German: Deutsches Panzermuseum Munster (DPM)) is an armoured fighting vehicle museum in Munster, Germany, the location of the Munster Training Area camp (not to be confused with the city of Münster). "Elements of War" in German Tank Museum, Iron path He that seeks peace, speak of war - quote of German author Walter Benjamin at the entrance
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