Military Museum of Butte County facts for kids

The Military Museum of Butte County in California, is located in Oroville, and has artifacts to show the history of California. Artifacts go back to the nineteenth century.

Artefacts

The museum displays weapons, uniforms, supply wagons, acc. as well as includes exhibits, such as the one that describes a U.S. 7th Cavalry pursuit of Pancho Villa during the Mexican Revolution (early 1910s). Notably there is a 1917 Browning machine gun, as well as a WWI infantry uniform. WWII items include a 1940 M1 carbine, an English air raid siren, a 22mm Laudi antitank gun, a 1943 Swiss ammunition wagon, a British paratrooper cart, and a 1942 M16 halftrack. The Vietnam War era artifacts include a jungle penetrator used to rescue downed pilots.