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Unique ID: 774 Added to Database: April 2009 Last Edited: April 2009 Type (ID): M4A2 Sherman (1320) Model (ID): M4A2 (1320) Location Category (ID): Le Vieux-Montmerrei (6085) Location (ID): Montmerrei (6085) Serial Number: Registration: Name: “KEREN” painted on the hull sides (though smaller and further forward than previously). Other Identification: “15” painted on the turret sides (not seen previously). Collection Reference: Links: References: Associated Tanks: Location History: (see map) 1: General Motors - Fisher Body Division, Grand Blanc, Genesee County, Michigan, USA (Primary manufacturer) 2: Le Vieux-Montmerrei, Saint-Christophe-le-Jajolet, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France (Current location) Text in original Preserved American Tanks publication: [No entry] Text in Preserved American Tanks Update: [No entry] Text in original Preserved Tanks In France publication: This M4A2 is perhaps the most poignant memorial in Normandie. It is located near Le Vieux-Montmerrei, close to Montmerrei and Saint Christophe-le-Jajolet, just south of Argentan. It was disabled in its current location on 12 August 1944. It remains beside the road as a memorial to its dead crew, members of the Free French forces. Compared to when it was visited for the first edition it has been moved slightly and is now mounted on a low concrete plinth further in from the roadside. The tank shows significant damage, including a hole through the rear of the turret, buckling of the hull armour, and missing rubber from the tracks; the implication is that following a penetration by an armour-piercing round the ammunition has detonated and the tank has caught fire.

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August 2007 1: Front left view Taken: 21 August 2007 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 1728 Added: 10 August 2009 Filename: 49CNV04_... Views: 173 Select/Has Priority: 4/0		2: Rear left view Taken: 21 August 2007 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 1726 Added: 10 August 2009 Filename: 49CNV01_... Views: 163 Select/Has Priority: 17/0		3: Left view Taken: 21 August 2007 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 1727 Added: 10 August 2009 Filename: 49CNV03_... Views: 154 Select/Has Priority: 17/0
4: Front right view Taken: 21 August 2007 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 1729 Added: 10 August 2009 Filename: 49CNV06_... Views: 154 Select/Has Priority: 17/0		5: Casting number Taken: 21 August 2007 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 1730 Added: 10 August 2009 Filename: 49CNV07_... Views: 152 Select/Has Priority: 17/0		6: Plaque Taken: 21 August 2007 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 1731 Added: 10 August 2009 Filename: 49CNV09_... Views: 146 Select/Has Priority: 4/0
7: Turret close-up Taken: 21 August 2007 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 1732 Added: 10 August 2009 Filename: 49CNV11_... Views: 153 Select/Has Priority: 4/0		8: Hull damage Taken: 21 August 2007 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 1733 Added: 10 August 2009 Filename: 49CNV12_... Views: 168 Select/Has Priority: 4/0
August 1982 9: Front left view Taken: 1 August 1982 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 1745 Added: 11 August 2009 Filename: Scan_She... Views: 154 Select/Has Priority: 17/0

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