November 12, 2018 - In addition to the Native Museum in the Castle of King Nikola, Old Town, Bar has another museum under the open sky. Since 2013 in the military part of the port, there is also a naval military museum, the setting of the former arms of the arsenal of the Montenegrin Navy, former JNA, and the Yugoslav Army, that is, Serbia and Montenegro.
Exhibits are well preserved despite the time from when they were produced, and visitors can only see them through a wired fence, unlike in Tivat where at Porto Montenegro parts of the armory and models of the former Yugoslav naval ships are available for sightseeing, along with the basic information and expert explanation.
Anti-ship mines, which are lined up from ships or submarines, are exposed to the Jetty next to the ships, which, with their explosive charging of the warheads and over a hundred kilos of TNT explosives, could destroy even the large war and merchant's vessels. There are anti-submarine mines that were fired from large patrol boats like "Kotor", anti-submarine mines, minesweepers used to discover mines, and more.
Due to the rationalization and modernization of the Montenegrin Navy, all of those once-murderous assets were thrown out of the arms, and the exhibited items were, as the military dictionary says, disarmed and the explosive charges were removed from them.
The unique setting was exposed to the public on 13th July 2013, when for the first time the Day of Open Doors was organized by the Montenegrin Navy in honor of the Statehood Day.
In addition to other exhibits, there is also a hyperbaric chamber used by members of diving and underwater diversion units, both for training and in case of an underwater incident.
Special attention is drawn to the large winged rocket, which was fired from the launcher from the deck of frigates, rocket guns and rocket boats. The rocket had a range of more than 70 miles and at the same time, it represented the terror for the navies of neighboring countries.
"The anti-ship missile P-20/21 represents an improved version of the missile P-15 (SS-N-2 Stix). The maximum range of the rocket is 80 kilometers and the cruising speed is 0,9M (900 km / h). Immediately after the launch, the rocket goes into the cruise mode at a height of 300 to 500 meters, and the guidance is inertial - autopilot. At a distance of 10-15 km, encompassing the target, the rocket switches to the active radar self-leveling mode (P-20) or IC self- -21) and reduces the height of the flight to 50 meters, until it hits the target. The total mass of the rocket is 2600 kilograms, of which 513 is the warhead," reads the description of the once-murderous war weapon on the internet forum www.paluba.info which is known for the professional processing of military issues.
Attention is also drawn to the torpedo of 533-millimeter caliber, which the Yugoslav submarines had as the basic weapon until their final disposal. The torpedo had a warhead with more than 200 kilos of very devastating explosives.
In addition to the rest of the underwater arsenal, anti-submarine mines that were in the armory of patrol boats and ships, and anti-submarine mines that served to defend ships on the connection and on an anchor of enemy underwater saboteurs are also set up.
The largest part of the exemplified weapons are Russian, that is, the USSR production.
The non-governmental association "Sua Sponte" launched an initiative in 2008 that the Museum in Bar should get a Navy department.
Text by Radomir Petric, on November 11th, 2018, read more at Vijesti
