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Old 02-02-2011, 03:54 PM
ersoz ersoz is offline
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You are welcome.

Here's a picture of the museum itself. Harbiye Askeri Muzesi.



Building used to be a military school and it still belongs to the Turkish armed forces. It is also being operated by TAF. Awful, useless website. I won't bother sharing the link here.
Note the barrel of the mighty "rail gun" at the bottom. I have some pics of it.

First floor is devoted to pre WW1 era. And that goes all the way back to the 10th century if I'm not mistaken. And no, not only firearms but all sorts of weapons are on display. Took me 2 visits to cover most of the first floor. I'm hoping to cover the rest of the museum in the following weeks.
Since this is a firearm forum I won't be bothering you folks with pictures of blades and such.

Some revolvers:





This collection of revolvers belonged to some militia leader from early 20th century and apparently he carried all or most of them on his person. ( I might be wrong)

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