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Convoy To Remember Event, Birmenstorf, Baden, Aargau, Switzerland

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Location Category ID: 17745
Added to Database: 8 June 2010
Last Edited: 10 June 2012
Address: Louis Dreyer, Medienverantwortlicher, c/o MACH AG, Postfach, CH-5401 Baden (Postal), Mülligerstrasse, 5413 Birmenstorf (Physical)
Telephone: 056 204 01 20
Email: ldreyer [at] machbaden.ch (Replace [at] with @)
Opening Times: August, every three years
Official Website: Convoy To Remember
Other Links: YouTube
Wheelsandtracks.com
Flickr
Latitude, Longitude: 47.46348095 , 8.23620558
Location Accuracy: 7
Tanks Previously Here: Short term:
1: Panzerjäger G13 Tank Destroyer - Schweizerische Militärmuseum, Full, Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland (Convoy to Remember August 2007)
2: Panzerjäger G13 Tank Destroyer - Hagenbuch Collection, Hilfikon, Bremgarten, Aargau, Switzerland (7 August 2010)
3: Leopard 1A4 Tank - Schweizerische Militärmuseum, Full, Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland (August 2007)
4: M3 Stuart Light Tank - Länzlinger Collection, Rüthi, St. Gallen, Switzerland (August 2010)
5: T-55AM2 Tank - Schweizerische Militärmuseum, Full, Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland (August 2007)
6: FV102 Striker CVR(T) Anti-Tank Guided Missile Carrier - Länzlinger Collection, Rüthi, St. Gallen, Switzerland (August 2010)
7: Panzer 51 Light Tank - Schweizerische Militärmuseum, Full, Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland (Convoy to Remember August 2004)
8: Panzer 68 Tank - Hagenbuch Collection, Hilfikon, Bremgarten, Aargau, Switzerland (August 2010)


Every 3 years in August hundreds of military old-timer vehicles and thousands of enthusiasts from all across Europe meet in Birmenstorf to celebrate the ‘Convoy to Remember’ military re-enactment event. There are vehicles ranging in size from motorbikes to main battle tanks, with vehicle and other displays, and fly-pasts, as well as food, drink and entertainment in a World War 2 style encampment. The most recent event was 6-8 August 2010; the next is 9-11 August 2013.

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2007

Images from Convoy To Remember 2010 press release
1: Images from Convoy To Remember 2010 press release

Taken: 2007 (Estimated)
Contributor: CRFU
Location Photo ID: 291
Added: 8 June 2010
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