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The Vehicle Pavilion (18)

In the vehicle pavilion it's possible to find
many types of vehicles, and some of them
have a very special history. The vehicles are
not necessarily beautiful and shiny, but they
all have an important role in the history of
Israel.
Motta Gur's half-track, for example, is a
unique vehicle – don't expect to see a
beautiful or a very fast vehicle, but definitely
expect a strong vehicle that can get very far.
In this vehicle rode Motta Gur, the
commander of the paratroopers who fought
in Jerusalem during the Six Day War. When
(he) arrived at the entrance to the city he was
so excited and yelled to his driver: "Go, Ben Tzur, go!". Until
this day there's no Israeli that doesn't know this sentence. The
half-track is an American vehicle that was used by the IDF many
years, until (it) was replaced by the M-113, also an American
(vehicle).
It's important to mention that Motta Gur was not only a warrior
and Israel's tenth Chief of Staff, but he was also a politician, a
minister in the government, and a writer. One of his famous
books is "Azit the Paratrooper Dog", which turned into a movie.
It's possible to see in the pavilion special, beautiful, strong and
mostly armored vehicles which were used by former prime
ministers, like David Ben Gurion's limousine and the vehicle of
Yitzhak Rabin, of blessed memory.

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