That made me laugh out way too much, especially as a German. So thanks for that! Definitely gotta visit this Museum when i'm in Prague one Day. Been through all over Europe and even other Continents, but the only Time i've been to Czechia was in the late 1990s to buy Fireworks at the Bordertowns that weren't "ok" in Germany haha. I'm sure many Germans from Bavaria etc. can relate. Either way, i also hope to see Ian get to dive into the insane Gun Collections of the "Militärisches Museum der Bundeswehr" in Dresden and especially the "Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung" in Koblenz here in Germany. Lots of freaky Prototypes and 1 of 1 and other insanely rare Guns! Prost & Cheers from Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps
It's very refreshing to see a museum that hasn't fallen for the false idea that the way to improve said museum is to display as few artifacts as possible.
What also amazed me the last time i visited (there was a 4 year reconstruction) is they added replicas you can touch and hold, from swords to a mauser in WW2 exhibit.
It's amazing that we all meet here. I had the privilege to be a model for one of the hussite figurines on it. And for a pikeman in the 30 years war section. Your uncle did a great job!
I love the Czech Republic SO much. I was abroad there for a semester last year and had the time of my life. I got a tattoo of the country on my last night. Lifechanging experience.
Aviation museum Kbely is also a solid option for those of you who like planes. It is located at the very edge of Prague. Both of these are actually also run by VHU, so the entry is free as well. They even have an actual Soyuz capsule on display.
I visited this museum recently. You omit WWI era built trench where you can hear explosions and see fog after it so you can feel as WWI soldier. Very nice museum and it is for free. I can only recommend.
Native’s tip - allocate more time for this museum than you normally would (2 to 3 hours). It’s a smallish building, but if you’re a gun nut, you’re gonna get stuck there.
@@vincentmueller3717Well, you are maybe not so far off. :D I went there right after noon once and I didn't even manage to get to the WWII before they threw me out as it was the closing time. And I already had to hurry through WWI. But to be fair it was kinda because I got into a chat with one of the employees and he started telling me about half the guns in of the atriums that is showm here on the video. And if you are done here, you can go to the edge of Prague where next to the Kbely military airport is the plane and helicopter exhibit of VHÚ. And then you can go outside of Prague to Lešany to the tank museum part. :D
Bohemia truly does have a phenomenal gun history. Czechs (hussites) were the early adopters of military firearms and so to say, they also established the long tradition of guns being the great equalizer. Ever since noble knights got btfoed by hussite pistalas, the warfare wasn't the same.
Wait what! I was literally there yesterday and I jokingly thought to myself "wouldn't it be weird if Ian was here" This is a very good and free museum, definitely worth checking out when in Prague
Fun fact: At the end of the museum there is a ,,Czech embassy" plate from Kabul taken ,as a piece of history and a reminder, by my professor as they were evacuating. I find it fascinating as the expositions are keep expanding.
For whatever reason I find it…humorous…heart warming…proud…a complicated mix of emotions that you’ve convinced administrators and curators of military museums all around the world to open up their stores for you to film.
What a wonderful museum. Being of Czech ancestry I have to visit Prague and see this incredible collection. Unlike most museums in the US many of the larger display items are right out in the isleways without baracades.
As a czech I am glad you decided to visit our capital. Besides VHÚ museum, have you visited the Museum of the czechoslovakian legions? It is worth a visit too and not far from VHÚ Žižkov.
There is a Museum of the Czechoslovakian Legions? 😯 Why didn't I know that when I was there in 2018? 😕 My grandfather fought in Russia & along the Trans-Siberian Railway as a member of the (that) Czechoslovak Legion!
A testament to the future of your work and how many firearms you still have yet to cover! Maybe one day I can visit. Your tour certainly inspires one to go.
In 2006, we received a Merkava Mk I from Israel, which is in the Military Museum in Lešany. Which I can recommend you to visit. Otherwise, really great video
That is a beautiful museum and their firearm collections are extensive. I particularly liked the cutaways display. The WW1 museum in Kansas City has an amazing collection of firearms, and this museum reminded me of it.
I spent about six hours in there, it is really a fantastic museum, I can't recommend it enough. And guess what, everything is in english, unlike some other museums... cough, cough, Vienna
@@iredentista In 1906, Buffalo Bill with his circus, was in Bohemia, now Czech Republic.He also came to Italy, to Bologna, my city, but he left no trace of his passage.
Around 12 minute mark every Czechs knows when Ian actually visited the museum : ) I hope you visited the Crypt where those 2 guys you pointed at earlier in the video made their last stand. my sister works and I have been couple times and it is quite the experience, even if not as big as the museum of course. But to stand at the spot where few brave man fought their last fight is special.
Went today, 3 hours flew by like nothing. We had to speed up during the last portion as the museum was closing. I must say I was positively surprised, great museum, absolutely worth it. Thanks Ian
@@luxiet2518 Já vím, ale odpovídal jsem Čechovi, tak jsem si toho Járu dopřál. Je před námi ještě mnoho práce, má-li se svět dozvědět o největším Čechovi. Ale pár prvních vlašťovek tu už je. Z období WWI je mezinárodně známý tzv. Cimrmanův telegram (uváděný nesprávně jako Zimmermannův), který zásadně ovlivnil její průběh. Známý je také příběh ambiciózního amerického hudebníka Roberta Zimmermanna, který ze zoufalství, že je stále srovnáván se svým slavnějším jmenovcem, raději zvolil umělecký pseudonym. My ho dnes známe jako Boba Dylana.
I was there in 2016 but the museum has been revised and remodelled since then. The National Monument in Vitkov Hill is not far away and is well worth visiting. So much to see in Prague!
It was interesting to see two Haganah Veterans' Association plaques around 6:17. Czechoslovakia has contributed a lot to the defense of Israel before it was even created. The plaques specifically mentioned training pilots and paratroopers. Haganah was the main militia in the Yeshuv (what will become IDF and Israel).
Between 2018 and 2022, it underwent a complete renovation, with the construction of new underground floors, the multiplication of the exhibition space and the addition of a number of new exhibits, including those from modern history. There's a lot more to see than what was shown in the video.
Thank you for viewing the presentation in the museum looks amazing. I'm from the Czech Republic and I've been going to this museum for about 2 years now. Shame on me :D
This walkthrough has to be exactly what my wife and kids do whenever we visit one that interests me. We enter together, look at the first exibition, and I meet up with them a couple of hours later outside where they are having an ice cream or whatever and some useless stuff from the gift shop, having spent a maximum of 15 minutes in the actual museum...
I was touring Europe with my motorcycle last summer 😄 saw that this place was less than 10 minutes on foot from my hotel, so i had to pay a visit! Cool collection ☺️
Jan Kubiš was actually born in a village near my hometown, I still remember how amazed we were when our history teacher at primary school told us the story about the assassination. It was one of the rare occasions when everyone actually paid attention at school 😀 And I think the museum just got one more potential visitor when I happen to be in Prague, looks really cool, thanks for the video 🙂
Missed this location on my last visit to Prague, sadly. I highly recommend Prague as a weekend destination. Loved my time there. Great Hotel (cheap but great quality and air con)= Hotel Angelis The castle is a must visit location too.
As a tour guide in Prague, I have to say this museum is among the greatest military museums I have been to worldwide- comparable to the National Infantry Museum in Fort Benning. Its free and closed on Mondays.
I guess the military museum in Bucharest didn’t allow filming Great job on this tour! It’s more of a teaser to encourage people to visit. What a gorgeous museum.
18 minut je opravdu velmi málo.. Osobně jsem zde s vnuky strávil při čtyřech návštěvách poctivých 7 hodin během jednoho měsíce... A stálo to za to! Jako snad jediné muzeum v ČR má vstup zdarma
There is a really cool WW1 museum that was in Prague when I was there. Czech it out, it has a uniforms from all the legions (including italian). Pretty awesome.
At the end I was thinking how it's such a shame I didn't know about that when I was in Prague... but then I remembered, when I was there I was with my (Czech) grandmother, who likely wouldn't have enjoyed being reminded about living through WW2 and the Soviets. It's probably for the best.
Very nicely set up with some interactive and descriptive things but a ton of actual guns and artifacts as the main display. This is the kind of museum I really enjoy. Oddly enough I didn’t happen to see a vz. 24 or other Czech Mausers but I’m sure they are there. There is a local museum, nothing exceedingly impressive but it has some pretty neat items for what it is. I was apprehensive when I heard they redid the firearms section but they actually managed to make it better with basically drawers and pocket door type displays you can pull out and get about as good of a look at the guns from a number of angles and close enough to see markings without having actual hands on them. I was impressed.
Wow that place is unbelievable! North American museums definitely don't offer anything to that level for content (sadly!). Also, TBH that 18 minutes went by / felt super quick I was so interested, probably didn't have to be so fast ;). Thanks Ian, keep up the great work man!
"That was obviously done way faster than any normal person would go through a museum" I do not think ian have seen a japanese buss tour speedrun a museum😄
That room at 11:25. Holy cow it's amazing! With that cylindrical tube display for the uniform. It seems like some awesome steampunk like super hero or mad scientists room or something.
Totally agree with Ian. Prague is a super beautiful city with a lot of cool museums. I personally visited this weaponry museum about 2 years ago, but I didn't remember "cold war" era section. If you have a chance to visit Prague , don't miss it!
Well done video, l was here this summer, great time. 1.08 minutes u started first expozition and right side green door with foot mark are equipments on touch. This special doors have every floor. God job 👍📹
I was here with school a year or two back since we had a great economy teacher who wanted to broaden our view in other ways. We had a very nice presentation about propaganda the way it works and so on. I still have a printout of one the posters that we received to analyze. It is a wonderful place.
if you are planning to go to the czech republic and are intrested in military tech then i highly recommmend this museum and lešany, i ve been in both and they are really good.
4:53 1889 Krnka father and son boltaction " Opakovačka K. a S Krnků". That 12:03 Suomi si btw Slovak or Croatian contract, MG-34 for Israle is post war production, not refurbishment, at least in most cases, but the war ones probably all served in the post-war army together with post-war MG-34s, as well as post-war pre-war CZ machine gun types.
(13:56) The gun on the left second from top has folding magazine that folds under the barrel and along with collapsible stock you conseal it pretty good. For shooting youjust flip out the mag so it locks and you can fire. The one right in the middle ZB47 is interesting, the magazine is inside the sort of diagonal frame-looking part of the gun, and you shoot by having a thumb in the big ring, trigger finger in the small trigger hole above the magazine. Very unwieldy having a magazine between the trigger finger and the rest of the fingers but it's an interesting design. I got to held them on event held by VHU in Lešany that's every year. And when I held them I remember thinking what would Ian think about them.
The two Czech SOE agents involved in the assassination of Reinhard Heidrich, which resulted in the reprisals which included the eradication of the village of Lidice. Operation Anthropoid, t wo movies the first with an ensemble cast featuring Martin Shaw and Joss Ackland to name just two of them.
There is also a Czech film Attentat which was made in 1964 and used the original locations. It’s better than the two subsequent Anglo-American productions.
2:42 "Driving in Prague is a death trap."
Reinhard Heydrich
One star; will not go again
And to think that was before city center became maze of one-way streets.
One would say it was a jam of a bombastic ride.
Laughs in Athenian
That made me laugh out way too much, especially as a German. So thanks for that!
Definitely gotta visit this Museum when i'm in Prague one Day. Been through all over Europe and even other Continents, but the only Time i've been to Czechia was in the late 1990s to buy Fireworks at the Bordertowns that weren't "ok" in Germany haha. I'm sure many Germans from Bavaria etc. can relate.
Either way, i also hope to see Ian get to dive into the insane Gun Collections of the "Militärisches Museum der Bundeswehr" in Dresden and especially the "Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung" in Koblenz here in Germany.
Lots of freaky Prototypes and 1 of 1 and other insanely rare Guns!
Prost & Cheers from Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps
It's very refreshing to see a museum that hasn't fallen for the false idea that the way to improve said museum is to display as few artifacts as possible.
What also amazed me the last time i visited (there was a 4 year reconstruction) is they added replicas you can touch and hold, from swords to a mauser in WW2 exhibit.
Free ? That's a good idea. Far too many are pay to enter
isnt pourposue of museum to show as much as you can?
@@janhornak5739 Já tam byl v sprnu a ty meče jsem tam viděl ale jestli tam byl mauser tak lituju toho že jsem si toho nevšiml :/
@@milda7015 Mě to taky řek až kamarád potom co jsme tam byli.
It was an honor to help you and our curator Jan with your videos here, hope to see you again in the future.
My uncle literally made that Hussite war wagon that is on display in that museum. Yes, I am proud of him.😁
Nice!
It's amazing that we all meet here. I had the privilege to be a model for one of the hussite figurines on it. And for a pikeman in the 30 years war section. Your uncle did a great job!
I love the Czech Republic SO much. I was abroad there for a semester last year and had the time of my life. I got a tattoo of the country on my last night. Lifechanging experience.
Thank you ☺
And if you happen to be in Prague, the huge tank museum in Lešany is just a few dozen kilometers away. Basically about an hour of travel.
And one of a few places where you can see a Merkava.
And Letecke muzeum Kbely which includes section with aircraft firearms.
Open only on weekends I am afraid.
Aviation museum Kbely is also a solid option for those of you who like planes. It is located at the very edge of Prague. Both of these are actually also run by VHU, so the entry is free as well. They even have an actual Soyuz capsule on display.
thanks for the comment, i was just about to write a comment with my disappointment about the lack of a LT vz. 38.
I could watch a 1 hour walkthrough of this museum, so much history in one building.
1 hour per floor? 🤔😁
@@HerbertTwack That is what happened when I went there a week ago.
I visited this museum recently. You omit WWI era built trench where you can hear explosions and see fog after it so you can feel as WWI soldier. Very nice museum and it is for free. I can only recommend.
One if my best museum experiences.
Stumbled upon it by chance and was amazed.
And it's free!
Native’s tip - allocate more time for this museum than you normally would (2 to 3 hours). It’s a smallish building, but if you’re a gun nut, you’re gonna get stuck there.
2-3 days, got it. Are you sure that's going to be long enough (dubious).
@@vincentmueller3717Well, you are maybe not so far off. :D
I went there right after noon once and I didn't even manage to get to the WWII before they threw me out as it was the closing time. And I already had to hurry through WWI. But to be fair it was kinda because I got into a chat with one of the employees and he started telling me about half the guns in of the atriums that is showm here on the video.
And if you are done here, you can go to the edge of Prague where next to the Kbely military airport is the plane and helicopter exhibit of VHÚ. And then you can go outside of Prague to Lešany to the tank museum part. :D
I met him for the first time at the Les Invalides museum in Paris. It was a memorable experience. Thanks Ian.
hey, American here who lives in Prague. been to this place many times in the last 2 years. amazing that it is free
Bohemia truly does have a phenomenal gun history. Czechs (hussites) were the early adopters of military firearms and so to say, they also established the long tradition of guns being the great equalizer. Ever since noble knights got btfoed by hussite pistalas, the warfare wasn't the same.
Wait what! I was literally there yesterday and I jokingly thought to myself "wouldn't it be weird if Ian was here"
This is a very good and free museum, definitely worth checking out when in Prague
Dude I was there too a two weeks ago and thought the same thing!
Dudes I'm literally here right now its thinking the same thing! Isnt this crazy??! sigh
"wouldn't it be weird if Ian was here"
I think this every time I visit a military museum.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who does this.
Hopefully Ian will have a video on the War Memorial of Korea.
Velice doporučuji navštívit také zdejší pohraniční opevnění (1935-1938)
Některé jsou opravdu pěkně opravené a vybavené 🤗
Určitě stojí za návštěvu 😉
Fun fact: At the end of the museum there is a ,,Czech embassy" plate from Kabul taken ,as a piece of history and a reminder, by my professor as they were evacuating. I find it fascinating as the expositions are keep expanding.
I'm guessing that's the one Ian showcases towards the end of the video?
@@jubuttib It is ! I was so surprised to see it in the video because its kinda on the side and not many people are paying much attention to it.
Looks like a wonderful museum. A real credit to the Czech people. Thanks for the tour, Ian!
For whatever reason I find it…humorous…heart warming…proud…a complicated mix of emotions that you’ve convinced administrators and curators of military museums all around the world to open up their stores for you to film.
I like the combination of the guns with the uniforms and and other field gear, help put everything in context.
And the best part is 99,9% of stuff is original and guns are not welded shut
Several hours of video needed to do this museum justice. Very, very interesting items.
What a wonderful museum. Being of Czech ancestry I have to visit Prague and see this incredible collection. Unlike most museums in the US many of the larger display items are right out in the isleways without baracades.
If "Cherney" is a surname that you inherited from your Czech ancestors, then I suppose that it was originally written like "Černý".
I could not help thinking of " The good soldier Svejk", a novel written about Chek soldier " surviving" WW1. Brilliant
Absolutely beautiful museum. Thank you Military Institute in Prague.
As a czech I am glad you decided to visit our capital. Besides VHÚ museum, have you visited the Museum of the czechoslovakian legions? It is worth a visit too and not far from VHÚ Žižkov.
There is a Museum of the Czechoslovakian Legions? 😯
Why didn't I know that when I was there in 2018? 😕
My grandfather fought in Russia & along the Trans-Siberian Railway as a member of the (that) Czechoslovak Legion!
@@guyplachy9688 It was opened in 2018, probably after your visit
I could get lost in that building drooling over displays for DAYS. This place just screams "DICE went here for references for BF1/BF5 models".
A testament to the future of your work and how many firearms you still have yet to cover! Maybe one day I can visit. Your tour certainly inspires one to go.
In 2006, we received a Merkava Mk I from Israel, which is in the Military Museum in Lešany. Which I can recommend you to visit. Otherwise, really great video
They have a Luftfaust?! That's amazing, I had no idea there were any surviving models
There are very few, and we have one 😊
Fricking early gang. Can't wait to Czech this out.
show yourself out
Yo early gang! Let's go.
You're late.
That is a beautiful museum and their firearm collections are extensive. I particularly liked the cutaways display. The WW1 museum in Kansas City has an amazing collection of firearms, and this museum reminded me of it.
One missing detail: Admission into the museum is free.
I spent about six hours in there, it is really a fantastic museum, I can't recommend it enough. And guess what, everything is in english, unlike some other museums... cough, cough, Vienna
When visiting Prague plan for several days- I spent only two and it wasnt enough! Prague is full of things to see.
Hello from Croatia. I was recently in Slovenia in Pivka. Great military museum. Go and check if you are near by. Lots of vehicles too.
Ian, you missed the dedication to Buffalo Bill in the display case with the 1 of 1000 Winchester.
hi , this interests me. I was in the museum, saw the rifle and couldn't find any more references to it. Was it Cody' rifle?
@@iredentista It is clearly written on the sign inside the window.
The Czechs also translate the names of the people.
@@linusbol the poster inside the window is just a standard Buffalo Bill show poster, nothing in relation with the rifle. I know the czech language....
@@iredentista In 1906, Buffalo Bill with his circus, was in Bohemia, now Czech Republic.He also came to Italy, to Bologna, my city, but he left no trace of his passage.
The guys on the busts were the Heydrich assassins correct?
You are right 👍🏻
Yes you are right.
In Prague is original crypt in church where they are finish mission...any streets have their names
Around 12 minute mark every Czechs knows when Ian actually visited the museum : )
I hope you visited the Crypt where those 2 guys you pointed at earlier in the video made their last stand. my sister works and I have been couple times and it is quite the experience, even if not as big as the museum of course. But to stand at the spot where few brave man fought their last fight is special.
You should visit even the museum of Czech legion that is in Prague too.
Went today, 3 hours flew by like nothing. We had to speed up during the last portion as the museum was closing. I must say I was positively surprised, great museum, absolutely worth it. Thanks Ian
The ZB47 has been my favorite "weird" gun we Czechs ever prototyped and I would love to see how it works (and possibly, shoots!) on Forgotten Weapons!
That would be awesome.
I love it too. This SMG looks like Jára Cimrman invented the predecessor of FN P90. And of course, somebody else earned the glory. As usual 😊.
@@vitezslavnovak2077 They dont have idea who is Cimrman. :D
@@luxiet2518 Já vím, ale odpovídal jsem Čechovi, tak jsem si toho Járu dopřál. Je před námi ještě mnoho práce, má-li se svět dozvědět o největším Čechovi. Ale pár prvních vlašťovek tu už je. Z období WWI je mezinárodně známý tzv. Cimrmanův telegram (uváděný nesprávně jako Zimmermannův), který zásadně ovlivnil její průběh. Známý je také příběh ambiciózního amerického hudebníka Roberta Zimmermanna, který ze zoufalství, že je stále srovnáván se svým slavnějším jmenovcem, raději zvolil umělecký pseudonym. My ho dnes známe jako Boba Dylana.
I was there in 2016 but the museum has been revised and remodelled since then. The National Monument in Vitkov Hill is not far away and is well worth visiting. So much to see in Prague!
It was interesting to see two Haganah Veterans' Association plaques around 6:17. Czechoslovakia has contributed a lot to the defense of Israel before it was even created. The plaques specifically mentioned training pilots and paratroopers.
Haganah was the main militia in the Yeshuv (what will become IDF and Israel).
I've been there in 2010. Cool museum.
Between 2018 and 2022, it underwent a complete renovation, with the construction of new underground floors, the multiplication of the exhibition space and the addition of a number of new exhibits, including those from modern history. There's a lot more to see than what was shown in the video.
Wow. That looks like a museum you could easily spend a full day in.
Ian in his natural habitat
Thank you for viewing the presentation in the museum looks amazing. I'm from the Czech Republic and I've been going to this museum for about 2 years now. Shame on me :D
This walkthrough has to be exactly what my wife and kids do whenever we visit one that interests me. We enter together, look at the first exibition, and I meet up with them a couple of hours later outside where they are having an ice cream or whatever and some useless stuff from the gift shop, having spent a maximum of 15 minutes in the actual museum...
And just like that, watching this with my breakfast.
It's dinner for me
Almost dinner for me
I was touring Europe with my motorcycle last summer 😄 saw that this place was less than 10 minutes on foot from my hotel, so i had to pay a visit! Cool collection ☺️
I live in the building right next to it, love it there
Adding another day to my visit to Prague. Some day.
9:42 He look so happy
I would have same face if I saw Ian 😂
Jan Kubiš was actually born in a village near my hometown, I still remember how amazed we were when our history teacher at primary school told us the story about the assassination. It was one of the rare occasions when everyone actually paid attention at school 😀 And I think the museum just got one more potential visitor when I happen to be in Prague, looks really cool, thanks for the video 🙂
Missed this location on my last visit to Prague, sadly. I highly recommend Prague as a weekend destination. Loved my time there.
Great Hotel (cheap but great quality and air con)= Hotel Angelis
The castle is a must visit location too.
That Triple barrel gun was one of the coolest guns I have ever seen. What a piece
How is it different or special from other triple barrel guns?
@@17MrLeon Its got another 4 barrels in the stock
As a tour guide in Prague, I have to say this museum is among the greatest military museums I have been to worldwide- comparable to the National Infantry Museum in Fort Benning. Its free and closed on Mondays.
They did a very nice parquet for the floors, I like it.
I guess the military museum in Bucharest didn’t allow filming
Great job on this tour! It’s more of a teaser to encourage people to visit. What a gorgeous museum.
18 minut je opravdu velmi málo.. Osobně jsem zde s vnuky strávil při čtyřech návštěvách poctivých 7 hodin během jednoho měsíce... A stálo to za to! Jako snad jediné muzeum v ČR má vstup zdarma
Uh-coo-tre-montz?!!!
Never thought id live to see the day Ian chose the American pronunciation of a French word!
There is a really cool WW1 museum that was in Prague when I was there. Czech it out, it has a uniforms from all the legions (including italian). Pretty awesome.
The medieval figurines are outright the best exhibited reconstructions out there.
Ian is one of the few people who can walk through a museum like it's a shopping trip.
I like how you kept the museum visit to a fast pace, it was interesting and now I want to visit ☺️
At the end I was thinking how it's such a shame I didn't know about that when I was in Prague... but then I remembered, when I was there I was with my (Czech) grandmother, who likely wouldn't have enjoyed being reminded about living through WW2 and the Soviets. It's probably for the best.
Very nicely set up with some interactive and descriptive things but a ton of actual guns and artifacts as the main display. This is the kind of museum I really enjoy. Oddly enough I didn’t happen to see a vz. 24 or other Czech Mausers but I’m sure they are there.
There is a local museum, nothing exceedingly impressive but it has some pretty neat items for what it is. I was apprehensive when I heard they redid the firearms section but they actually managed to make it better with basically drawers and pocket door type displays you can pull out and get about as good of a look at the guns from a number of angles and close enough to see markings without having actual hands on them. I was impressed.
I always love your museum tours - keep them coming!
as someone who probably wont be able to visit Prague, thanks for the virtual visit there!
I'd love more, longer museum videos. I know you can't be as in-depth, but I like the format too.
bravo.. love the bring backs... enduring history
Wow that place is unbelievable! North American museums definitely don't offer anything to that level for content (sadly!).
Also, TBH that 18 minutes went by / felt super quick I was so interested, probably didn't have to be so fast ;).
Thanks Ian, keep up the great work man!
I would have loved to see Paul Harrell do a presentation about a place like this.
Thank you Ian. It was a concise review of the museum. What an interesting collection and very well displayed too
That was crazy shortcut 😂 i was there for 5 hours and had to leave early unwillingly... it is awesome museum
"That was obviously done way faster than any normal person would go through a museum"
I do not think ian have seen a japanese buss tour speedrun a museum😄
That room at 11:25. Holy cow it's amazing! With that cylindrical tube display for the uniform. It seems like some awesome steampunk like super hero or mad scientists room or something.
Definitely a museum I have to visit!
Some ridiculously rare guns there!
You should also visit Lešany muzeum. It Is also part of VHU, mainly focused aroud wehicels and army technology.
I think more of these museum walk throughs would be cool! Especially because a lot of people wouldn’t be able to travel to these places to see.
Totally agree with Ian. Prague is a super beautiful city with a lot of cool museums. I personally visited this weaponry museum about 2 years ago, but I didn't remember "cold war" era section. If you have a chance to visit Prague , don't miss it!
Well done video, l was here this summer, great time. 1.08 minutes u started first expozition and right side green door with foot mark are equipments on touch. This special doors have every floor. God job 👍📹
Thank you for uploading this. You should do more virtual tours like this if possible!
Wow they really did well with this museum, it just gets cooler and increasingly interesting the more you czech😜 things out
Thank you Ian. I lived in Prague for a year 1km distance from museum, but never visited it. Booking weekend in October :)
In 12:40 there is very rare German 'Leibermuntser' camouflage on the jacket.
Thanks for taking us along! That's a very nice museum with some great displays!
3:54 ahh the Blue Danube by Strauss
What an incredible place! Great video Ian!
Good start to the morning!
you made me learn more about my own country than i ever expected
More museum episodes please
I was here with school a year or two back since we had a great economy teacher who wanted to broaden our view in other ways. We had a very nice presentation about propaganda the way it works and so on. I still have a printout of one the posters that we received to analyze. It is a wonderful place.
if you are planning to go to the czech republic and are intrested in military tech then i highly recommmend this museum and lešany, i ve been in both and they are really good.
Thanks for the tour.👊😎 Vz. 58 love it.
4:53 1889 Krnka father and son boltaction " Opakovačka K. a S Krnků". That 12:03 Suomi si btw Slovak or Croatian contract, MG-34 for Israle is post war production, not refurbishment, at least in most cases, but the war ones probably all served in the post-war army together with post-war MG-34s, as well as post-war pre-war CZ machine gun types.
Love to see you here in Czechia, have a great stay :)
Thanks for showing this. Look forward to going there one day.
(13:56) The gun on the left second from top has folding magazine that folds under the barrel and along with collapsible stock you conseal it pretty good. For shooting youjust flip out the mag so it locks and you can fire.
The one right in the middle ZB47 is interesting, the magazine is inside the sort of diagonal frame-looking part of the gun, and you shoot by having a thumb in the big ring, trigger finger in the small trigger hole above the magazine. Very unwieldy having a magazine between the trigger finger and the rest of the fingers but it's an interesting design.
I got to held them on event held by VHU in Lešany that's every year. And when I held them I remember thinking what would Ian think about them.
That was really awesome! Looks like I have to visit Prague soon.
The two Czech SOE agents involved in the assassination of Reinhard Heidrich, which resulted in the reprisals which included the eradication of the village of Lidice. Operation Anthropoid, t wo movies the first with an ensemble cast featuring Martin Shaw and Joss Ackland to name just two of them.
Heydrich, after coming to Bohemia enforced martial law and executed people in connection with resistance movement.
The church basement where they ended up has been preserved - it still has bulletholes on the wall outside.
There is also a Czech film Attentat which was made in 1964 and used the original locations. It’s better than the two subsequent Anglo-American productions.
My friend, not 2 Czech agents, but 1 Czech (Jan Kubis) and one Slovak (Jozef Gabcik). Just to be precise. 🙂
@@DaviG *born to czech parents in Slovakia