Okolnosti su me izmestile iz Iraka u Jordan na par nedelja, pa sam posetio i Vojni muzej u Amanu.
Zanimljiv muzej, smešten u impresivnu građevinu na vrhu brda u sklopu King Hussein Sport City, poznat je i kao Martyr's Monument jer se isti nalazi u sklopu muzeja. Stalna postavka obuhvata istoriju jordanske vojske od ustanka protiv Turaka 1916. godine do danas, a eksponati - delovi uniformi, oružje, fotografije, pa i diorame i makete - smešteni su u četrdesetak vitrina.
Ispred muzeja se nalazi par oklopnih kola i nekoliko artiljerijskih oruđa, što ćemo videti na fotografijama.
Ulaz u muzej je besplatan, radno vreme je od 8 do 16h, svakog dana osim petkom i praznicima.
Zgrada muzeja:
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_00.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_00.jpg)
Kompleks unutar muzeja posvećen Neznanim junacima ("mučenicima"):
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_32.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_32.jpg)
Kruppov top, ne znam koji model je u pitanju a mrzelo me je da tražim po internetu:
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_01.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_01.jpg) (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_02.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_02.jpg)
QF 13-pounder, britanski top "trinaest-funtaš" iz Prvog svetskog rata:
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_12.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_12.jpg) (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_15.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_15.jpg) (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_13.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_13.jpg) (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_14.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_14.jpg)
25-pounder, čuveni britanski "dvadesetpet-funtaš" iz vremena Drugog svetskog rata:
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_03.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_03.jpg) (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_04.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_04.jpg) (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_05.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_05.jpg) (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_06.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_06.jpg) (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_07.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_07.jpg)
17-pounder, britanski protivtenkovski top "sedamnaest-funtaš" sa kraja WW2:
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_08.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_08.jpg) (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_09.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_09.jpg) (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_10.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_10.jpg) (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_11.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_11.jpg)
Američki top M2, 155mm:
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_16.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_16.jpg) (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_17.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_17.jpg) (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_18.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_18.jpg)
Južnoafrički oklopni automobil Marmon-Herrington Mk. IVF, u naoružanju jordanske Arapske Legije pa Vojske Jordana od kraja WW2, kome je šezdesetih godina u jordanskim radionicama standardni top 2-funtaš zamenjen 6-funtašem:
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_24.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_24.jpg) (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_25.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_25.jpg) (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_26.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_26.jpg) (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_27.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_27.jpg) (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_29.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_29.jpg) (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_30.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_30.jpg)
Kako je izgledao nekada, sa originalnim topom i u originalnim bojama jordanske vojske:
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_31.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_31.jpg)
Britanski oklopni automobil Alvis Saladin FV601:
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_19.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_19.jpg) (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_20.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_20.jpg) (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_21.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_21.jpg) (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_22.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_22.jpg) (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/th_amman_vm_23.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/rista69/Vojni%20muzej%20Aman/?action=view¤t=amman_vm_23.jpg)
Kao što se može videti, svi eksponati izloženi napolju naknadno su prefarbani zaštitnom bojom, u kamuflažnu šemu koju nikada nisu nosili.
Vreme je bilo šugavo, pa sam malo žurio sa fotografisanjem da me ne bi kiša zatekla napolju...