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UNIQUE ID 43: PANTHER TANK

(Model: Ausf A)

Canadian War Museum, LeBreton Flats, Canada

(Location: LeBreton Gallery)


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Unique ID: 43
Added to Database: May 2008
Last Edited: 23 March 2014
Type (ID): Panther (110)
Model (ID): Ausf A (240)
Location Category (ID): Canadian War Museum (8100)
Location (ID): LeBreton Gallery (8130)
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Links: Wehrmacht Awards
CWM unveils restored Panther tank from the Second World War
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Location History:
(see map)

1: Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg (MAN) AG, Nürnberg, Bavaria, Middle Franconia, Germany (Primary manufacturer)
2: VE Day Parade, Centretown, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (VE Day 8 May 1945)
3: Base Borden Military Museum, Canadian Forces Base Borden, Borden, Ontario, Canada (Until 2005)
4: Canadian War Museum, LeBreton Flats, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Current location)


Text in original Preserved German Tanks publication:

This Panther is on display in Worthington Park as part of the museum’s AFV collection.

Text in Preserved German Tanks Update:

This tank, after its capture, was shipped to Canada. It participated in V-E Day celebrations on Sparks Street in Ottawa on 8 May 1945. This means that it had been transported from Europe before the end of the war, but whether as a war trophy or for testing and experimentation by the military remains unknown. It was displayed at Canadian Forces Base Borden from the late 1940s until the Department of National Defence’s Directorate of History and Heritage, CFB Borden, and the Base Borden Military Museum donated it to the Canadian War Museum in February 2005. There it underwent restoration. All major mechanical components were removed and treated in order to preserve them. The interior and engine bay components were removed and refurbished and then re-installed. The exterior surfaces were cleaned and stabilized and re-treated with a “Zimmerit” paste created from a period recipe. Zimmerit had been applied in wartime to this Panther; residue of the original coating can be seen on the sections between the track and the upper hull. The restoration team reproduced many of the damaged or missing components in order to present the tank as it would likely have appeared on operations in 1944. After two years of labour by a dedicated team of volunteers it was unveiled to the public on 10 Januay 2008. (Source: CWM).

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July 2012

Front right view, photo by JustSomePics
1: Front right view, photo by JustSomePics

Taken: 25 July 2012
Contributor: Wikimedia
Photo ID: 9497
Added: 22 March 2014
Filename: FR_Panth...
Views: 252
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Front left view, photo by JustSomePics
2: Front left view, photo by JustSomePics

Taken: 25 July 2012
Contributor: Wikimedia
Photo ID: 9492
Added: 22 March 2014
Filename: FL_Panth...
Views: 250
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Left view, photo by JustSomePics
3: Left view, photo by JustSomePics

Taken: 25 July 2012
Contributor: Wikimedia
Photo ID: 9493
Added: 22 March 2014
Filename: L_Panthe...
Views: 280
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Upper rear left view, photo by JustSomePics
4: Upper rear left view, photo by JustSomePics

Taken: 25 July 2012
Contributor: Wikimedia
Photo ID: 9494
Added: 22 March 2014
Filename: UL_Panth...
Views: 241
Select/Has Priority: 22/0
    



Upper rear left view, photo by JustSomePics
5: Upper rear left view, photo by JustSomePics

Taken: 25 July 2012
Contributor: Wikimedia
Photo ID: 9495
Added: 22 March 2014
Filename: URL_Pant...
Views: 266
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Engine compartment, photo by JustSomePics
6: Engine compartment, photo by JustSomePics

Taken: 25 July 2012
Contributor: Wikimedia
Photo ID: 9496
Added: 22 March 2014
Filename: EC_Panth...
Views: 216
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September 2010

Front left view
7: Front left view

Taken: 11 September 2010
Contributor: A. Adams
Photo ID: 9486
Added: 19 March 2014
Filename: IMG-2596...
Views: 299
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August 2008

Front left view, photo by Markbruinekreeft
8: Front left view, photo by Markbruinekreeft

Taken: August 2008
Contributor: Wikimedia
Photo ID: 9491
Added: 22 March 2014
Filename: FL_Panth...
Views: 2669
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1990

The Ausf A at Borden
9: The Ausf A at Borden

Taken: 1990 (Estimated)
Contributor: W.E. Storey Collection
Photo ID: 142
Added: 29 June 2008
Filename: Scan_Pan...
Views: 417
Select/Has Priority: 1/0