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Unique ID:
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2428
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Added to Database:
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10 September 2012
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Last Edited:
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15 April 2014
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Type (ID):
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M4A2 Sherman CIRD (1322)
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Model (ID):
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M4A2 Sherman CIRD (1322)
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Location Category (ID):
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Base Borden Military Museum (8000)
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Location (ID):
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Caen Circle (8010)
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Serial Number: |
217: “217” stamped into hull rear. Or
72: “2-072” stamped into top left of transmission cover.
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Registration: |
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Other Identification: |
“M4A2 SHERMAN...” label fixed to glacis. “8” in blue triangle painted on turret sides. “A227553” stamped into bracket on hull rear. “36Y178” cast into left side and “24Y118” cast into right side of turret ring armour. Red-white-red marking painted on forward hull sides. Canadian Army and unit insignia painted on glacis and hull rear. White stars painted on hull sides.
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Collection Reference: |
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Links: |
Sherman Register
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Associated Tanks: |
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Location History:
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1: General Motors - Fisher Body Division, Grand Blanc, Genesee County, Michigan, USA (Primary manufacturer)
2: Base Borden Military Museum, Canadian Forces Base Borden, Borden, Ontario, Canada (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 Canada publication:
This M4A2 has a bracket welded to the hull top to support the gun. It is fitted with rubber block track. It has distinctive armour plates on the hull sides that indicate that at one time it was fitted for the mounting of Canadian Indestructible Roller Device mine rollers. It has a large hitch welded to the transmission cover (source: Sherman Register).
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August 2008
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1: Front right view
Taken: 23 August 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8883
Added: 10 September 2012
Filename: P1030083...
Views: 183
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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2: Front view
Taken: 23 August 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8884
Added: 10 September 2012
Filename: P1030076...
Views: 185
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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3: Front left view
Taken: 23 August 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8885
Added: 10 September 2012
Filename: P1030077...
Views: 162
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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4: Left view
Taken: 23 August 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8886
Added: 10 September 2012
Filename: P1030078...
Views: 181
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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5: Rear left view
Taken: 23 August 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8887
Added: 10 September 2012
Filename: P1030079...
Views: 164
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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6: Rear view
Taken: 23 August 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8888
Added: 10 September 2012
Filename: P1030080...
Views: 173
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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7: Rear right view
Taken: 23 August 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8889
Added: 10 September 2012
Filename: P1030081...
Views: 164
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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8: Right view
Taken: 23 August 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8890
Added: 10 September 2012
Filename: P1030082...
Views: 164
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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9: Front right view
Taken: 23 August 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8891
Added: 10 September 2012
Filename: P1030075...
Views: 115
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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10: Overview
Taken: 23 August 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8892
Added: 10 September 2012
Filename: P1030074...
Views: 177
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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11: Turret close-up
Taken: 23 August 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8893
Added: 10 September 2012
Filename: P1030086...
Views: 158
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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12: Stamped marking on transmission cover
Taken: 23 August 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8894
Added: 10 September 2012
Filename: P1030087...
Views: 158
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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13: Stamped marking on hull rear
Taken: 23 August 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8895
Added: 10 September 2012
Filename: P1030090...
Views: 148
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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14: Bow machine-gun mount
Taken: 23 August 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8896
Added: 10 September 2012
Filename: P1030085...
Views: 152
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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15: Plaque on transmission cover
Taken: 23 August 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8897
Added: 10 September 2012
Filename: P1030084...
Views: 154
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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16: Bracket on hull rear
Taken: 23 August 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 8918
Added: 17 September 2012
Filename: P1030092...
Views: 147
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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August 2005
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17: Front right view
Taken: 20 August 2005
Contributor: Balcer
Photo ID: 9026
Added: 7 March 2013
Filename: 1_M4A2_C...
Views: 166
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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18: Right view
Taken: 20 August 2005
Contributor: Balcer
Photo ID: 9027
Added: 7 March 2013
Filename: 2_M4A2_C...
Views: 386
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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