Located close to Nasielsk and approximately at 40km from Warsaw, Poland, Panzer Farm is a private organisation that runs a different type of Armour Museum, as apart of the vehicles it can hold several other different activities.

The facilities comprise several buildings on a large area, housing a collection of vehicles of different nationalities from Second World War to the Cold War.

It is possible to ride a T-55, an M113 Lynx or an  AT-T Soviet Artillery tractor. There is even a one hour driving course for the T-55.

There are also shooting activities like shooting replicas of trapper rifles RANGER 45″ and the American Confederate revolvers, Air rifles and pistols and Paintball maneuvers in forest areas.

During my visit I could enjoy only the static exhibition, without any extra activity like above, but this alone was quite an experience.

Protected by a hangar there is a dozen of tightly parked vehicles, including a Sherman, two T-34/85, T-55 and several others. It is interesting to see the difference between a war time T-34, with a rough texture and a later one which is much smoother.

But  that was only the beginning, another building houses a Kettenkraftrad, a SiG33 and a full Sd.Kfz.250. This one was found on a river and extracted, and it is shown with its original paint (three tone camo). The interior is also there, with seats, driver dashboard and engine. Seeing it live is like a travel in time.

Parked among different buildings we can find  several more vehicles like Soviet trucks and tanks, Military Land Rover, a Military Fire Fight truck and many other.

Also spread on the camp there is a multitude of parts that the owners have found or acquired over the time. This makes an amazing treasure hunt, walking around and identifying pieces like StuG III mantlets, part of a Panther Ausf. G hull, 8.8cm barrels, Panther mantlets, T-34 engine decks, sprocket and road wheels of different tanks... The list is endless and you can easily spend a lot of time there.

Despite the interest of whole vehicles as shown on museums, in this case finding unlabelled individual parts is a completely different experience, and by no means less interesting. 

Panzer Farm is also a very active community, working as a restoration centre not only for their own vehicles but cooperating with other parties in different countries, or providing vehicles for movies. Plus thanks to their stock of original parts, they can supply quality information to kit or aftermarket manufacturers like Panzerwerk Design , ensuring they are based on the real parts and not only on documents and photos.

In summary, this is an amazing place where you can ride a tank, play, see many WWII and cold war vehicles and test your knowledge of tank pieces. Absolutely recommended.  For more information on visits, check their website here.