File:Arquebus Krigshistorisk Museum Norway. WW2 Battle of Berlin 1945 diorama. Nazi Germany Wehrmacht Waffen-SS Polizei. Uniforms weapons equipment artillery MG-34 Scherenfernrohr Luftschutz Soviet T-34 tank mannequins ruins debris etc (202.jpg

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English: Photo taken in the Arquebus War History Museum (Norwegian: Arquebus Krigshistorisk Museum, a World War II museum 10 km east of the city of Haugesund, Norway.
  • The Battle of Berlin diorama recreates the Soviet Assault on Berlin in April-May 1945, symbolizing the end of the Third Reich. Set in wartime Berlin in 1945, the scene depicts urban ruins with mannequins in period uniforms among the bricks and debris, accompanied by weapons, military equipment, and artifacts representing Nazi Germany's armed forces (Wehrmacht, Waffen-SS, etc.) and the Soviet Union's Red Army, etc.:
    • German uniforms of the Wehrmacht, Waffen-SS, Allgemeine-SS, Luftschutz, Hitlerjugend, and Ordnungspolizei.
    • German stick hand grenades (Stielhandgranate)
    • German ammunition boxes (wooden munition transport crates)
    • German field telephones (Feldfernsprecher 33)
    • Mines
    • Luftschutz "gladiator" helmet
    • German gas mask canister
    • 10.5 cm leFH 18 (leichte FeldHaubitze, "light field howitzer") with shield and split trail gun carriage
    • The slogan Berlin bleibt deutsch ("Berlin remains German") painted as graffiti on the wall
    • Wall sign with the text Öffentlicher Luftschutzraum 50 personen ("Public Air Raid Shelter 50 persons")
    • Nazi swastika flag on the wall
    • WWII German Wehrmacht Scherenfernrohr, "scissor telescope", also called "rabbit ear stereoscopic periscope binoculars", "donkey's ears", twin-telescope, and Relieffernrohr.
    • Panzerfaust, a German inexpensive recoilless single-shot man-portable anti-tank weapon of World War II
    • MG 34 machine gun (Maschinengewehr 34) mounted on a tripod
    • T-34 Soviet Red Army Medium Tank (T-34-85 Ural Tank Factory No. 183)
    • Bombshell fragments
    • Russian soldier
    • Flag of the Soviet Union (or Red Army)
etc.
The Arquebus War Museum highlights Nazi Germany's occupation of Norway during the Second World War from 1940 to 1945. The museum showcases exhibits and dioramas on military equipment, actions, and daily life in Norway and the Rogaland region through 6,000 artifacts displayed across 2,000 square meters.
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