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UNIQUE ID 1324: M47 PATTON TANK

(Model: Standard Production Version)

Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor, Fort Knox, USA

(Location: Richardson Motor Pool)


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Unique ID: 1324
Added to Database: 11 September 2010
Last Edited: 11 September 2010
Type (ID): M47 Patton (1640)
Model (ID): Standard Production Version (1642)
Location Category (ID): Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor (67010)
Location (ID): Richardson Motor Pool (67060)
Serial Number: 20: “20” stamped into towing lug (source: D. Moriarty).
Registration: 30186153 (source: D. Moriarty).
Name:
Other Identification: Walkway fixed on top of left side of hull. Cast muzzle brake.
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Location History:
(see map)

1: Detroit Tank Arsenal / TACOM, Warren, Macomb County, Michigan, USA (Primary manufacturer June 1951-November 1953)
2: Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor, Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA (Current location)


Text in original Preserved American Tanks publication:

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Text in Preserved American Tanks Update:

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Text in original Preserved Tanks In USA publication:

This M47 was displayed on post for a number of years, possibly near Serio Hall. It was then displayed for some years in the museum with its glacis and left turret side cut away in order to show its interior, and in about 2002 it was pulled out of the museum and moved to Richardson Motor Pool. (Source: D. Moriarty).
This M47 has an unusual cast muzzle brake which indicates it was probably one of the original pilot vehicles of the M47 series.


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September 2010

Cut-away in glacis
1: Cut-away in glacis

Taken: 15 September 2010
Contributor: D. Moriarty
Photo ID: 3750
Added: 17 September 2010
Filename: Dig_M47-...
Views: 131
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Looking into the driver
2: Looking into the driver's compartment from the floor...

Taken: 15 September 2010
Contributor: D. Moriarty
Photo ID: 3751
Added: 17 September 2010
Filename: Dig_M47-...
Views: 145
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Driver
3: Driver's controls

Taken: 15 September 2010
Contributor: D. Moriarty
Photo ID: 3752
Added: 17 September 2010
Filename: Dig_M47-...
Views: 149
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    



Serial number stamped into hull behind data plate location
4: Serial number stamped into hull behind data plate location

Taken: 15 September 2010
Contributor: D. Moriarty
Photo ID: 3753
Added: 17 September 2010
Filename: Dig_M47-...
Views: 167
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Stampings in main gun breech
5: Stampings in main gun breech

Taken: 15 September 2010
Contributor: D. Moriarty
Photo ID: 3754
Added: 17 September 2010
Filename: Dig_M47-...
Views: 136
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    



Serial number on towing lug
6: Serial number on towing lug

Taken: 8 September 2010
Contributor: D. Moriarty
Photo ID: 3719
Added: 8 September 2010
Filename: Dig_Cuta...
Views: 142
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    



Cast muzzle brake
7: Cast muzzle brake

Taken: 8 September 2010
Contributor: D. Moriarty
Photo ID: 3720
Added: 8 September 2010
Filename: Dig_Cuta...
Views: 127
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    



Front view, showing cutaway portion of glacis
8: Front view, showing cutaway portion of glacis

Taken: September 2010
Contributor: D. Moriarty
Photo ID: 3734
Added: 11 September 2010
Filename: Dig_M47S...
Views: 142
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Rear view
9: Rear view

Taken: September 2010
Contributor: D. Moriarty
Photo ID: 3735
Added: 11 September 2010
Filename: Dig_M47-...
Views: 162
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Rear right view
10: Rear right view

Taken: September 2010
Contributor: D. Moriarty
Photo ID: 3736
Added: 11 September 2010
Filename: Dig_M47-...
Views: 171
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December 2009

Rear left view
11: Rear left view

Taken: 30 December 2009
Contributor: D. Moriarty
Photo ID: 3718
Added: 8 September 2010
Filename: Dig_M47R...
Views: 132
Select/Has Priority: 21/21