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Unique ID:
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1934
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Added to Database:
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24 December 2011
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Last Edited:
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22 March 2012
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Type (ID):
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M46 Patton (1635)
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Model (ID):
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M46 (1635)
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Location Category (ID):
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The Tank Museum - Public Areas (3000)
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Location (ID):
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World War 2 (3010)
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Serial Number: |
“559” or similar stamped into front towing lugs.
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Registration: |
“30163515” was at one time painted on the tank (source: Tank Museum Record).
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Name: |
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Other Identification: |
“B1065” cast into left of mantlet. “73 ∆” and “C 22” painted on upper glacis. Allied stars painted on turret sides. Tiger face emblem painted on glacis.
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Collection Reference: |
E1962.23. (Accession 2362, Entry 1962.1005).
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Links: |
Museum Vehicle Record
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Associated Tanks: |
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Location History:
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1: USA (Country of origin)
2: Directorate of Tank Design, Chertsey, Surrey, South East England, Britain (1951)
3: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, 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 M46 was supplied to Great Britain for evaluation, and is believed to have been tested at FVRDE in 1951, as tank test 4094 (source: Museum Vehicle Record). It was put on the museum books in 1962, and now has a tiger face painted on the glacis plate, as seen on examples that served in the Korean War.
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Images - Photographs and NavPix (click to expand or browse)
March 2011
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1: Front left view
Taken: 8 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7178
Added: 24 March 2012
Filename: 58316625...
Views: 189
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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