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UNIQUE ID 1716: M32A1B3 TANK RECOVERY VEHICLE

Liberty Park Oorlogsmuseum, Overloon, The Netherlands

(Location: Marshall Collection Hall)


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Unique ID: 1716
Added to Database: 5 June 2011
Last Edited: 6 June 2011
Type (ID): M32 (1530)
Model (ID): M32A1B3 (1538)
Location Category (ID): Liberty Park Oorlogsmuseum (11400)
Location (ID): Marshall Collection Hall (11404)
Serial Number:
Registration: 40154904 (USMC): “U.S.M.C. 40154904” painted on hull sides.
Name:
Other Identification: White stars painted on superstructure sides.
Collection Reference:
Links: G104
Imperial Palace Car Museum
Port of Baltimore
Bunker Pictures
References:
Associated Tanks:

Location History:
(see map)

1: Detroit Tank Arsenal / TACOM, Warren, Macomb County, Michigan, USA (Primary manufacturer of M4A3 105)
2: Baldwin Locomotive Works, Eddystone, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA (Primary converter of M4A3 105 and M32B3)
3: Imperial Palace – Las Vegas, USA (Dates unknown)
4: Military Vehicle Preservation Group, Spooner, Washburn County, Wisconsin, USA (Dates unknown)
5: Port of Baltimore – Maryland, USA (May 2004)
6: Marshall Museum / Army Cars, Zwijndrecht, Zwijndrecht Municipality, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands (Until 2006)
7: Liberty Park Oorlogsmuseum, Overloon, Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands (Current location)


Text in original Preserved American Tanks publication:

It is believed that this is the only surviving example of a T14E1, the pilot model of the M32A1B3. The US Marines ordered 50 ARVs with HVSS for the anticipated invasion of Japan. To start, in April 1945, 30 new M4A3 (105) HVSS were diverted from the line at Chrysler and sent to Baldwin Locomotive for the conversions. The contract was for T14E1s, not for M32A1B3s; what distinguishes a T14E1 from an M32A1B3 is that they had factory HVSS, not a retrofit. The lifting drum was removed from the right idler and replaced with a boom lifting arm mounted on the glacis. It was once a roadside advertisement for the Imperial Palace Car Museum in Las Vegas. Later it belonged to the Military Vehicle Preservation Group of Spooner, Wisconsin. It was shipped out of the USA via the Port of Baltimore. (Source: J. DeMarco/G104).
This TRV was previously on display at the Marshall Museum at Zwijndrecht. It is currently displayed with a mannequin operating a mortar on the glacis plate. The mortar was intended to be used with smoke shells for providing cover if recovering a tank under possible enemy observation.

Text in Preserved American Tanks Update:

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July 2012

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May 2011

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