The Southern Command Museum is situated within the premises of the National War Memorial, in the heart of one of Pune's greenest areas--the Southern Command Cantonment. It primarily revolves around the history and achievements of the Southern Command Wing of the Indian Army. It also showcases the equipment that has been used by Southern Command over the years like their uniforms, ammunition, vehicles, tanks, and guns.
The information in the museum comprises of the history of Southern Command, the battles that have been fought by them, the accolades that have been won by them, the geographical changes in their distribution and the leading generals and the outstanding performers in the army. Immense importance has been laid on the Indo-China War and the Bangladesh War of 1971. Patriotic songs play continuously in the background of the museum.
Tanks and military aircraft have been exhibited in the outdoors, and the museums comprise of 4 large galleries, several paintings, and rare photographs, a corridor that has all the important flags of the Indian Army, a movie theatre, ammunition gallery and a working paintball area where everybody can practice their aiming and shooting skills! The names of martyrs in various wars have been etched on the walls around the museum.
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This is the emblem of the Southern Command Regiment of the Indian Army.
The corridor that leads to the museum displays a large variety of flags of different battalions of the Southern Command.
This display shows all the various uniforms of the different wings of the Indian Armed Forces.
This is the main gallery of the museum that shows all the various wars fought by the Southern Command Regiment of the Indian Army.
This was the first aircraft that was used by the Indian Army. It is still in working condition.
This is the area where the flags of the Indian Army, Southern Command and India are hoisted everyday.
It is 30 minutes away from the airport and 8 minutes away from the railway station by car.