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Swords and Ploughshares Museum

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Polsten 20 mm Quad AA Gun, S&P Museum, Kars, Ontario, 28 Oct 2011
Polsten 20 mm Quad AA Gun, S&P Museum, Kars, Ontario, 28 Oct 2011

The Swords and Ploughshares Museum is a private military museum located south of the village of Kars, Ontario, Canada. The Museum is focused on a specific aspect of Canadian military history: the Citizen Soldier (the Militiaman and Reservist) at peace and at war. The Museum uses vehicles and artifacts to demonstrate how they could be adapted and used by Citizen Soldiers for both military and civilian purposes. For example, a Ram tank from World War II that was modified after the war to serve as a snowplow was a featured display at the Museum for many years.Amongst the artifacts and equipment that the Museum displays is a 1942 Bofors 40 mm Light Anti-Aircraft Gun which is maintained as a living monument and memorial for Canadian anti-aircraft gunners.

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Swords and Ploughshares Museum
Reevecraig Road North, Ottawa

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Reevecraig Road North 7508
Ottawa (Rideau-Jock)
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Polsten 20 mm Quad AA Gun, S&P Museum, Kars, Ontario, 28 Oct 2011
Polsten 20 mm Quad AA Gun, S&P Museum, Kars, Ontario, 28 Oct 2011
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