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Unique ID:
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1571
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Added to Database:
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23 February 2011
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Last Edited:
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20 March 2012
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Type (ID):
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Medium Mark II (3124)
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Model (ID):
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Medium Mark II* (3126)
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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: |
ML8642: “ML8642” painted on nose.
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Registration: |
T199: “T199” painted on nose.
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Name: |
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Other Identification: |
“E16” painted on rear hull sides. White diamonds painted on turret sides and nose.
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Collection Reference: |
E1949.330. (Accession 33049, Entry 1030).
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Links: |
Museum Vehicle Record
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References: |
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Associated Tanks: |
Praying Mantis Carrier - The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Also restored by Vickers 1984/5)
Mark VII Tetrarch CS Airborne Light Tank - The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Also restored by Vickers 1984/5)
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Location History:
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1: Vickers-Armstrongs Limited, Elswick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North East England, Britain (Design parent and manufacturer)
2: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
3: Vickers-Armstrongs Limited, Elswick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North East England, Britain (Restored 1984/5)
4: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
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Text in original Preserved British Tanks publication:
[No entry]
Text in Preserved British Tanks Update:
[No entry]
Text in original Preserved Tanks In Britain publication:
This Mark II* was one of 13 built under a contract issued on 5 January 1926. It was employed as a training tank at Bovington in the early years of the Second World War. It was put on the museum books in 1949. It is in running order and was restored in 1984/85, along with the Tetrarch Light Tank and the Praying Mantis Carrier, by Vickers Defence Systems at their Armstrong Works, Scotswood Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
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March 2011
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1: Rear right view
Taken: 10 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 6927
Added: 19 March 2012
Filename: 55336994...
Views: 298
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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2: Front left view
Taken: 7 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 6925
Added: 19 March 2012
Filename: 55336991...
Views: 202
Select/Has Priority: 21/21
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3: Front right view
Taken: 7 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 6926
Added: 19 March 2012
Filename: 55336988...
Views: 151
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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October 2008
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4: Upper rear right view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 4551
Added: 23 February 2011
Filename: P1030290...
Views: 177
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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5: Front right view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 4552
Added: 23 February 2011
Filename: P1030270...
Views: 149
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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6: Upper right view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 4553
Added: 23 February 2011
Filename: P1030284...
Views: 158
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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October 1982
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7: Front view
Taken: 26 October 1982
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6703
Added: 6 February 2012
Filename: Scan_VMM...
Views: 180
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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