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Unique ID:
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2101
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Added to Database:
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31 January 2012
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Last Edited:
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24 March 2012
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Type (ID):
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T-34-85 (2400)
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Model (ID):
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Polish Manufacture (2415)
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Location Category (ID):
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The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection (3016)
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Location (ID):
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Storage (3016)
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Serial Number: |
OEG 3892 0741466 (Hull): “OEG 3892 0741466” stamped into glacis. 208 (Turret): “208” cast into left rear turret side. 3012-85-44-1954 stamped into breech.
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Other Identification: |
“1847” and Polish eagle emblem painted on turret sides.
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Collection Reference: |
E1987.85. (Accession 8587, Entry 1987.1089).
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Links: |
Museum Vehicle Record
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Associated Tanks: |
T-34-85 Tank - The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Given away in exchange for this one)
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Location History:
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1: Zaklady Mechaniczne Bumar-Labedy SA, Łabędy, Gliwice, Śląskie, Poland (Sole manufacturer 1951-5)
2: Land Warfare Centre, Warminster, Wiltshire, South West England, Britain (ITDU ca1987)
3: The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
4: The Tank Museum - Tankfest Arena, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Running at Tankfest 2006)
5: The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
6: The Tank Museum - Tankfest Arena, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Running at Tankfest 2009)
7: The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
8: The Tank Museum - Tankfest Arena, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Running at Tankfest 2010)
9: The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
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Text in original Preserved Soviet Tanks publication:
[No entry]
Text in Preserved Soviet Tanks Update:
[No entry]
Text in original Preserved Tanks In Britain publication:
The tank was one of a batch imported from Poland by McGregor and Budge Haulage, and offered for sale to private collectors. It was purchased by ITDU for filming during LAW 80 anti-tank trials, and was expected to be destroyed as a target. However, the Museum’s existing T-34-85, which was in poor condition with no engine, gearbox or internal fittings, was used instead and this vehicle consequently added to the collection. It is complete, except for the radio, gunner’s sight and secondary armament. All instrument panels, instructions and stamps are in Polish. (Source: Museum Vehicle Record).
According to other sources this ex-Polish T-34 was purchased by the ITDU at Warminster from the Budge organisation which imported it into the country, and that it suffered superficial damage during trials of the LAW 80 aiming rifle. It was put on the museum books in 1987 and underwent restoration in 2001. It is in running order and took part in Tankfests 2006, 2009 and 2010.
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