India - Museums, bases and stuff

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I managed to snap a few things on a recent trip, starting off at the War Museum in Jaisalmer on Highway 11 (good road....though too many cows to travel at speed). A nice museum with quite a bit of heavy metal (with the usual Gate Guards)....in garish colours. A mix of content going back in time....I'll start with some of the external bits....



...and even the floodlights had camo covers....



The whole place is built around a central display of key leaders and a very large bayonet...all of which are lying down :-)



..moving inside where it's A LOT cooler......although still mysteriously horizontal at times.....



...and of course a handful of lids....



and those Gate Guards in all their....errr...."beauty"......



A couple of grabbed camo shots whilst out and about........



...and misc Gate Guards...boy, those guys love their Gate Guards......(25pndrs included)



...and then, tucked away in a couple of Palaces, a rather nice field gun and, the drivers proudly told / showed me, a collection of ex-Japanese army WW2 trucks now used for Leopard safari work......



..there were quite a few other bases (with Gate Guards).....but I didn't feel overly comfortable standing in front of manned active army bases snapping away with the ol' Instamatic....sorry about that!

Enjoy!

[HoundsTooth]

Great photos Aide - I went to India about 15yrs ago. It's a great place to visit, glad I went.
Didn't get to see any military bases but did ride an elephant.
Nick

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....or was it a Ferdinand? :-)

Actually I’m surprised you didn’t fall onto a Base or two....there’s loads of them around..they’re just not overly easy to snap (especially when there’s AKs everywhere!). They love their Gate Guards, especially full sized planes on posts....like Airfiz kit bases.....

A beautiful country and great people.

[Anderson]

Interesting photos Compo. That dazzle style tank camo is surprisingly effective in the bright Indian sunlight.