Latrun's lonely tank Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 6/11/2011
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The lonely tank is standing just outside the Latrun Museum- A memorial complex for the Israeli Armored Corps.
A very interesting museum, with huge verity of tanks that took a significant role in Israel's defense history.

Navigating to the cache is really simple, one minute drive from Latrun junction, on highway 1 from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The tank is positioned in the parking lot of the Latrun museum which is highly recommended for a visit.
About the Museum:
Yad Lashiryon is located in Latrun. The site’s uniqueness is rooted in its place in history:
It was the site of the Biblical battles of Joshua Bin-Nun against the Amorite kings; in the book of Joshua it says: ‘Sun, stand still upon Giv’on; and moon, in the valley of Ayalon’ (Joshua 10:12).
This area was also a battlefield in the time of the Maccabis, the site of Judah the Maccabi’s battle against the army of Antiochus and his commander Gorgias, in which he defeated them and drove them to the sea. In the book of Proverbs it says: ‘For with wise advice shalt thou make war’ (Proverbs 24:6)
The 7th Division - the second armored division to be set up during the War of Independence - fought here at Latrun to open the way through to besieged Jerusalem. These battles decided the fate of the War of Independence with the freeing of our capital city.
The area was recaptured from the Jordanian army during the Six Day War.
Yad LaShiryon serves as an active commemoration of all the fallen members of the Armored Forces in all of Israel’s wars.

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