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The Canadian War Museum (CWM) is Canada’s national museum of military history. Located in Ottawa, Ontario, the museum covers all facets of Canada’s military past, from the first recorded instances of death by armed violence in Canadian history several hundred years ago to the country’s most recent involvement in conflicts. It includes major permanent exhibitions on wars that have been fought on Canadian soil, the total wars of the twentieth century, the Cold War and peace support operations abroad, and Canada’s history of honouring and remembrance. There is also an open storage area displaying large objects from the Museum’s collection, from naval guns to tanks, from motorcycles to jet aircraft.
Much of the Museum’s public exhibition space is devoted to its Canadian Experience Galleries. These displays underline the profound effect that war has had on Canada’s development and the significant role Canadians have played in international conflicts. Their content is a rich mixture of some 2,500 objects from war art to armoured vehicles, as well as scores of audio-visual displays and many hands-on activities. A changing program of temporary or special exhibitions, plus public programs and special events, complement the experience offered in the permanent galleries. The CWM also houses the Military History Research Centre, a leading library and archival research facility, and a large collection of some 500,000 artefacts, including uniforms, medals, weapons, war art, aircraft, military vehicles and artillery. (Source: Wikipedia).
The CWM originated in 1880. Its current building opened in May 2005, and includes the collection of armoured vehicles and other large artefacts that were previously housed at Vimy House.
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1112 (source: Sherman Register).
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CT-40892 (source: Sherman Register).
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This Kangaroo was originally recovered from Rainham Marshes in London, UK; it was one of three tanks standing behind a rifle range in the 1970s-80s. It was the last one there in 1993. It went to a UK dealer then to a Dutch dealer then to a Belgium dealer, who traded it to the Canadian War Museum. It is awaiting restoration. (Source: H. Spoelstra/Sherman Register via HMVF).
It arrived at the CWM on 9 June 2004 as a Ram tank but the turret was sitting loosely on top of the tank. The interior of the tank was painted green, the interior has a bracket for a second No.19 set, the ammo racks etc. had been removed, and the gunners seat had been removed. The tank still shows remnants of the formation symbol (171 on a green over brown field with a white bar below); this is believed to be HQ Squadron of the 1st Cdn Armd Bde. (Source: C. Law/MapleLeafUp).
It was probably used by HQ Squadron of the 1st Cdn Armd Bde while it was still a tank, and was later converted into a Kangaroo after they had converted to Sherman tanks. It was listed as ‘stock’ in the ‘Ram Tanks on Canadian Census Charge’ of 28 July 1945 so most likely still a Ram Cruiser Tank by the end of WW2, struck off charge by the Canadian Army in the UK and then acquired by the British Army, de-turreted and used as a Kangaroo after WW2 (Source: H. Spoelstra/MapleLeafUp).
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