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Unique ID:
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1217
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Added to Database:
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29 May 2010
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Last Edited:
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29 May 2010
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Type (ID):
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M48 Patton (1660)
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Model (ID):
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M48A2C (1668)
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Location Category (ID):
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Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor (67010)
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Location (ID):
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Solitary Vehicles (67050)
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Serial Number: |
1201
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Registration: |
“US ARMY 2A7361” painted on side stowage boxes.
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Other Identification: |
“M48A2C” painted on front right and rear left mud flap. “1959” (previously “1956”) painted on front left and rear right mud flap. White stars painted on glacis and turret sides.
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Location History:
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1: American Locomotive Company, Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, USA (Primary manufacturer of base M48A2 - vehicles upgraded from 1959)
2: Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor, Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA (Current location)
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Text in original Preserved American Tanks publication:
[No entry]
Text in Preserved American Tanks Update:
[No entry]
Text in original Preserved Tanks In USA publication:
This Patton is on display on a plinth beside Chaffee Avenue opposite another M48A2C, at the main entrance to Fort Knox. It was acquired by the museum from the Army in August 1972. The plinth has lettering on its right side that reads “WELCOME TO FORT KNOX”.
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June 2010
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1: Front right view
Taken: 6 June 2010
Contributor: D. Moriarty
Photo ID: 3439
Added: 11 July 2010
Filename: 1217_M48...
Views: 197
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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2: Front view
Taken: 6 June 2010
Contributor: D. Moriarty
Photo ID: 3440
Added: 11 July 2010
Filename: 1217_M48...
Views: 172
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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December 2009
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3: Front view
Taken: 26 December 2009
Contributor: D. Moriarty
Photo ID: 3293
Added: 30 May 2010
Filename: M48A2C2_...
Views: 177
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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June 1983
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4: Front right view
Taken: 30 June 1983
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3265
Added: 30 May 2010
Filename: Scan_M48...
Views: 161
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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5: Right view
Taken: 30 June 1983
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3266
Added: 30 May 2010
Filename: Scan_M48...
Views: 133
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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6: Rear right view
Taken: 30 June 1983
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3267
Added: 30 May 2010
Filename: Scan_M48...
Views: 187
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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7: Front left view
Taken: 30 June 1983
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3268
Added: 30 May 2010
Filename: Scan_M48...
Views: 129
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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