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Unique ID:
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1841
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Added to Database:
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30 October 2011
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Last Edited:
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6 December 2011
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Type (ID):
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M4 (105) Sherman (1340)
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Model (ID):
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M4 (105) (1340)
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Location Category (ID):
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Armourgeddon (3500)
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Location (ID):
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Workshop (3504)
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Serial Number: |
57556: “57556” stamped into rear towing lugs.
13284 (mantlet): “13284” stamped into mantlet.
B7238064 (gun barrel): “B7238064” stamped into top of gun barrel near mantlet.
4288 (gun mounting): “4288” cast into gun mounting.
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Registration: |
30104238: “USA 30104238” barely visible painted on side when originally recovered.
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Name: |
“LUCKY SEVEN” and dice marking previously painted on left hull side.
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Other Identification: |
“E6257 [C] S” cast into mantlet. White stars previously painted on transmission cover and hull and turret sides.
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Collection Reference: |
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Links: |
HMVF
Sherman Register – Netherlands
YouTube – Arrival
YouTube – Engine
Countryside La Vie
ALSW Blog
BBC
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Associated Tanks: |
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Location History:
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1: Detroit Tank Arsenal / TACOM, Warren, Macomb County, Michigan, USA (Sole manufacturer)
2: Unknown Location, The Netherlands (Military range until mid-1990s)
3: Ardennen Poteau '44 Museum, Poteau, Recht, Liège Province, Belgium (Until ca mid-2000s)
4: Gilis Collection, Turnhout, Kempen Region, Antwerp Province, Belgium (Until late 2010)
5: Armourgeddon, Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, East Midlands, Britain (Current location)
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Text in original Preserved American Tanks publication:
[No entry]
Text in Preserved American Tanks Update:
[No entry]
Text in original Preserved Tanks In Britain publication:
This Sherman was at the Poteau Museum for some years then went to Guy Gilis in Belgium before being bought by Armourgeddon in July 2010. Overall it was largely complete internally. However the running gear required a lot of attention and the engine was in a poor state, due in part to the oily petrol residue and burning resulting from being used as a target for petrol bombs. (Source: Sharky/HMVF).
Many Sherman tanks were used as Molotov cocktail training aids on Dutch ranges. Because of environmental concerns they were all removed in about the 1980s. This one was deemed not recoverable, which is why it initially survived the so-called ‘Tank Slag’ (tank battle), the clean-up of the ranges. At some point in time it was still going to be recovered and sent off for scrap, but Hanno Spoelstra, together with a RNLA Major, secured its future in the early 1990s. At that time “USA 30104238” was still barely visible on its side. It was found out that it was one of thirty M4 (105) Shermans supplied to the Netherlands by the USA through MDAP from 1951 onwards, out of a total of about 250. Later it was traded to a group of restorers in exchange for parts and restoration work on an M10 with 17-pdr gun. This group sold it to the museum in Belgium. (Source: H. Spoelstra/HMVF).
The Sherman arrived at Armourgeddon in January 2011, and the engine was removed the same month. It has since been more completely dismantled so that it can undergo a complete restoration. The turret was removed in March and stripped, sand blasted and repainted in May 2011. The hull since has been sand blasted and repainted. Most internal components are out of the hull and are being restored and repainted before being replaced back inside. The engine was first run up in November 2011.
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December 2009
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1: Front right view
Taken: 1 December 2009
Contributor: MilWeb.net
Photo ID: 5993
Added: 12 November 2011
Filename: Ad_sherm...
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