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UNIQUE ID 1198: SEXTON SELF-PROPELLED GUN

Muckleburgh Collection, Weybourne, Britain

(Location: Robert Curson Tank Hall)


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Unique ID: 1198
Added to Database: March 2010
Last Edited: March 2010
Type (ID): Sexton (8300)
Model (ID): Sexton (8300)
Location Category (ID): Muckleburgh Collection (3320)
Location (ID): Robert Curson Tank Hall (3328)
Serial Number: “??7” stamped into rear plate.
Registration: “CS172485” painted on superstructure sides.
Name: “ALLIGATOR” painted on superstructure sides.
Other Identification: Maple leaf and unit markings painted on superstructure front. “E1232 OSF 2324”, “E4151 OSF”, “LH E1231Y”, “2071” and “2008” cast into transmission cover.
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Location History:
(see map)

1: Montreal Locomotive Works, Montréal, Quebec, Canada (Sole manufacturer early 1943-end 1945)
2: Muckleburgh Collection, Weybourne, Norfolk, East England, Britain (Current location)


Text in original Preserved Canadian Tanks publication:

[No entry]

Text in Preserved Canadian Tanks Update:

[No entry]

Text in original Preserved Tanks In Britain publication:

This Sexton appears to be in very good condition, and is in running order.


Images - Photographs and NavPix (click to expand or browse)

June 2008

Upper front left view
1: Upper front left view

Taken: 26 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3048
Added: 25 March 2010
Filename: P1010528...
Views: 186
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Upper front right view
2: Upper front right view

Taken: 26 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3049
Added: 25 March 2010
Filename: P1010541...
Views: 136
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    

 

Upper rear left view
3: Upper rear left view

Taken: 26 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3050
Added: 25 March 2010
Filename: P1010532...
Views: 162
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    



Upper rear left view
4: Upper rear left view

Taken: 26 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3051
Added: 25 March 2010
Filename: P1010530...
Views: 152
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    



Front right view
5: Front right view

Taken: 26 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3052
Added: 25 March 2010
Filename: P1010539...
Views: 151
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    



Front right view
6: Front right view

Taken: 26 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3053
Added: 25 March 2010
Filename: P1010422...
Views: 136
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    



Front left view
7: Front left view

Taken: 26 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3054
Added: 25 March 2010
Filename: P1010417...
Views: 142
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    



Front left view
8: Front left view

Taken: 26 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3055
Added: 25 March 2010
Filename: P1010418...
Views: 89
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    



Top view into fighting compartment
9: Top view into fighting compartment

Taken: 26 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3056
Added: 25 March 2010
Filename: P1010590...
Views: 159
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    



Rear left view
10: Rear left view

Taken: 26 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3057
Added: 25 March 2010
Filename: P1010446...
Views: 156
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    



Engine deck
11: Engine deck

Taken: 26 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3058
Added: 25 March 2010
Filename: P1010448...
Views: 145
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    



Close-up of 25pdr
12: Close-up of 25pdr

Taken: 26 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3059
Added: 25 March 2010
Filename: P1010447...
Views: 153
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    



Markings
13: Markings

Taken: 26 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3060
Added: 25 March 2010
Filename: P1010419...
Views: 135
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    



Serial number faintly visible
14: Serial number faintly visible

Taken: 26 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3061
Added: 25 March 2010
Filename: P1010429...
Views: 125
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    



Casting marking on glacis
15: Casting marking on glacis

Taken: 26 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3062
Added: 25 March 2010
Filename: P1010427...
Views: 128
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    



Casting marking on transmission housing
16: Casting marking on transmission housing

Taken: 26 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3063
Added: 25 March 2010
Filename: P1010425...
Views: 121
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    



Casting marking on transmission housing
17: Casting marking on transmission housing

Taken: 26 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3064
Added: 25 March 2010
Filename: P1010424...
Views: 92
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    



Casting marking on transmission housing
18: Casting marking on transmission housing

Taken: 26 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3065
Added: 25 March 2010
Filename: P1010428...
Views: 86
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    



Casting marking on transmission housing
19: Casting marking on transmission housing

Taken: 26 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3066
Added: 25 March 2010
Filename: P1010426...
Views: 84
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    

    

    



August 1998

Left view, photo by Gary Troughton
20: Left view, photo by Gary Troughton

Taken: 21 August 1998
Contributor: Flickr
Photo ID: 3122
Added: 28 March 2010
Filename: 23105408...
Views: 142
Select/Has Priority: 21/0