Annual Tank Day event attended by record 45,000 people

A record 45,000 people attended a tank show near the Bohemian town of Benešov. The 7th annual “Tank Day” was organised by the Military Technical Museum of Lešany and displayed and paraded dozens of armoured vehicles, including new vehicles that are to start service in the Czech Armed Forced this autumn. Highlights of the event included a commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising and the simulated rescue of a pilot shot down over Afghanistan.