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Unique ID:
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330
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Added to Database:
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July 2008
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Last Edited:
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5 January 2014
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Type (ID):
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Kampfpanzer 70 (440)
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Model (ID):
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MBT-70 (772)
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Location Category (ID):
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U.S. Army Ordnance Museum (70050)
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Location (ID):
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Display Park (70060)
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Serial Number: |
“A-00003” marked in weld metal on glacis plate, indicating Pilot 3 (but “NO. 5” painted on aft hull sides).
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Registration: |
09A003 67 (but “09A 005 67” painted on aft hull sides).
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Other Identification: |
“NON-BALLISTIC” marked in weld metal on glacis plate. “U.S. ARMY” painted on aft hull sides. White stars painted on forward turret sides.
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Collection Reference: |
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AFVNDB
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Associated Tanks: |
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Location History:
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1: Krauss-Maffei GmbH, Munich, Germany (Deutsche Entwicklungs-Gesellschaft mbH consortium - DEG - also included MaK plus Rheinstahl-Henschel and Lutherwerke)
2: Detroit Tank Arsenal / TACOM, Warren, Macomb County, Michigan, USA (Estimated mid/late 1970s)
3: Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor, Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA (Until early 1990s)
4: U.S. Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Harford County, Maryland, USA (Current location)
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Text in original Preserved German Tanks publication:
This prototype, serial number 09A003, is on display beside Old Ironsides Avenue. It was acquired from TACOM at Detroit, Michigan. It is made of non-ballistic steel and has large weights welded onto its turret for testing purposes. The rubber parts of its tracks and roadwheels are largely perished.
Text in Preserved German Tanks Update:
This MBT-70 was moved from Fort Knox to Aberdeen Proving Ground in the early 1990s in a trade for the APG King Tiger. It was initially displayed in front of the Ordnance Museum, then on the ‘Mile of Tanks’. It has been mistakenly labeled as Pilot No. 5, reg number 09A 005 67, probably by copying from the picture of that vehicle in Hunnicutt’s Abrams book. (Source: N. Baumgardner/AFVNDB).
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October 2012
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1: Front left view
Taken: 1 October 2012
Contributor: R.S. Eshleman
Photo ID: 9192
Added: 5 January 2014
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2: Close-up of glacis markings
Taken: 1 October 2012
Contributor: R.S. Eshleman
Photo ID: 9193
Added: 5 January 2014
Filename: img1796_...
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