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Unique ID:
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1682
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Added to Database:
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28 April 2011
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Last Edited:
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1 May 2011
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Type (ID):
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M4A1 (76) HVSS Sherman (1362)
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Model (ID):
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M4A1 (76) HVSS (1362)
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Location Category (ID):
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Rose Barracks (1650)
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Location (ID):
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Rose Barracks (1650)
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Registration: |
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Name: |
“THUNDERBOLT VII” previously painted on right hull side.
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Other Identification: |
Thunderbolt insignia painted on front right hull. Muzzle brake painted black. Fitted with steel chevron track. Ringed white stars painted on transmission cover and turret sides.
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Panzer Wrecks
M136
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Location History:
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1: Pressed Steel Car Company, Hegewisch, Chicago, Illinois, USA (Manufacturer)
2: Ferris Barracks, Erlangen, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany (Until 1993)
3: Rose Barracks, Vilseck, Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany (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 Germany publication:
This Sherman is displayed outside on a concrete pad in a grassed area. It was previously on display at Ferris Barracks, further west in Bavaria at Erlangen, when it was included on a tour by General Abrams in 1973.
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Images - Photographs and NavPix (click to expand or browse)
1973
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1: Right view, taken during an official visit by General Ab...
Taken: 1973
Contributor: D. Moriarty
Photo ID: 4859
Added: 29 April 2011
Filename: Scan_M4A...
Views: 269
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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