Ropkey Armor Museum
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| Location | 5649 E. 150 North Crawfordsville, Indiana |
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| Type | Military |
| Website | Official website |
Ropkey Armor Museum is a military history museum in Crawfordsville, Indiana.[1]
The museum is privately owned by the Ropkey family. It stems from the founder Fred Ropkey's interest in military history and his past career as a Tank Platoon Leader in the U.S. Marine Corps during the early 1950s.[2]
The museum collection is primarily of AFVs. These range from such rarities as a First World War M1917 to a contemporary M109 self-propelled howitzer.
Other exhibits are soft-skin military vehicles, aircraft and a Vietnam war-era PBR. The aircraft include an Antonov An-2[3] and the unique Bell X-14B. This aircraft was used for early research into VTOL until it was written off in a landing accident in 1981. It is now being restored by the museum.
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