At the end of the Route 11 Tram line is the Artillery and Rocket Museum. There is a small building which is the actual museum. Around the museum building is a display of real and mock up Soviet artillery and missile systems. Perm still has ties to the Russian defense establishment, however with the exception of the S-300 missile tubes (Nato designator: SA-20) most of the equipment or mock-ups on display date from the 1960's or earlier. As a former cold war warrior, it is neat to be able to get you picture taken in front of the old equipment.
The silver tubes are for the S-300.
That is a MRL, PT-76, SA-5, and a SA-2. They all looked like mock ups or training equipment.
A slight word of caution, this isn't the nicest of areas to be wandering around. We are pretty positive that we saw some folks stealing a section of sewer pipe for the recycle value. It's okay in daylight, but I wouldn't suggest the area after dark. There is also supposed to be an Arc Welding museum in the area, but we couldn't find it.
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