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UNIQUE ID 35: PANTHER TANK

(Model: Ausf A)

501-503 RCC, Mourmelon-le-Grand, France

(Location: Mourmelon-le-Grand)


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Unique ID: 35
Added to Database: May 2008
Last Edited: May 2008
Type (ID): Panther (110)
Model (ID): Ausf A (240)
Location Category (ID): 501-503 RCC (6700)
Location (ID): Mourmelon-le-Grand (6700)
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Location History:
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1: Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg (MAN) AG, Nürnberg, Bavaria, Middle Franconia, Germany (Primary manufacturer)
2: War Memorial, Dompaire, Vosges, North East France, France (Captured in the vicinity September 1944)
3: Musée de l’Armée, Les Invalides, Paris, Île-de-France, North East France, France (Not the museum but Les Invalides square until 1975)
4: Satory, Versailles, Yvelines, France (AMX workshops Satory)
5: Museé Des Blindés, Saumur, Anjou, Maine-et-Loire, France (Seen between 1982 and 2001)
6: 501-503 RCC, Mourmelon-le-Grand, North East France, France (Current location)


This Panther was captured on 13 September 1944 by the Leclerc Division (2nd French Armoured Division) at Dompaire, Vosges. It was presented, along with another Panther, to the Ville de Paris after the war. They remained on display at the Army Museum at Les Invalides until 1975. They were then rebuilt at the AMX workshops at Satory before being displayed at Saumur. [Preserved Tanks in France: Number 172].

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July 1984

The Ausf A at Saumur
1: The Ausf A at Saumur

Taken: 24 July 1984
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 135
Added: 29 June 2008
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