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Unique ID:
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45
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Added to Database:
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May 2008
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Last Edited:
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20 March 2012
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Type (ID):
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Panther (110)
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Model (ID):
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Ausf G (245)
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Location Category (ID):
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The Tank Museum - Public Areas (3000)
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Location (ID):
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Tank Story Hall (3004)
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Serial Number: |
129113.
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Other Identification: |
Plaque fixed to glacis. German crosses painted on turret sides. Painted overall in a late-war brown and cream striped camouflage scheme (previously a green, brown and sand scheme, before that overall green).
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Collection Reference: |
E1949.338 (Accession 33849, Entry 1949.1006).
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Links: |
Museum Vehicle Record
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Location History:
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1: Maschinenfabrik Niedersachsen-Hannover (MNH) GmbH, Linden, Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany (Under British control 1945)
2: Directorate of Tank Design, Chertsey, Surrey, South East England, Britain (Transferred to Bovington in 1952)
3: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
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This Ausf G has a plaque on its glacis plate that reads: “Built in 823 Armd Troops Wksp REME No.8 BAOR 1945”. It was number eight of the Panthers and Jagdpanthers built by the British and is fitted with swirl-cowl exhausts. This Panther was discovered at the Fighting Vehicle Research and Development Establishment at Chatham, and given to the Museum in 1952. It has the raised cover on the left side of the engine deck. It previously carried the turret number “331”. It now carries the turret number “R01”, indicative of a regimental headquarters command tank. However there is no evidence that it is a Panzerbefehlswagen and, given its provenance, it is highly unlikely that it would ever have been so converted. It has a final version cupola without AA MG ring but with mounts for an IR sight, and it has fittings for tools both on the hull side, and on the hull rear and engine deck (source: L. Archer).
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Date Unknown
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1: The Ausf G at Bovington
Taken: Date Unknown
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 143
Added: 3 July 2008
Filename: Scan_Pan...
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