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Unique ID:
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1972
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Added to Database:
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29 December 2011
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Last Edited:
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24 March 2012
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Type (ID):
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T-55 (2560)
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Model (ID):
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T-55 Enigma (2568)
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Location Category (ID):
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The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection (3016)
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Location (ID):
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Storage (3016)
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Other Identification: |
“JeANNE”, “CHRIS”, “MUSTANG” and other graffiti spray-painted on left side armour. “CALVIN & HOBBS” and “91” spray-painted on rear of turret counterweight.
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Collection Reference: |
E1993.91. (Accession 9193, Entry 1993.1101).
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Links: |
Museum Vehicle Record
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Location History:
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1: Poland (ca1960s)
2: First Gulf War, Location Unknown, Kuwait (Captured 1991)
3: The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
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This is a Polish built T-55K command tank that was used by the 5th Iraqi Mechanised Division (source: Museum Vehicle Record). Its label reads as follows: “This tank has been fitted with extra armour around the front and sides on both turret and hull. One armour pad has been cut open to reveal he multi-layer arrangement inside which consists of alternate plates of steel, rubber and aluminium. This is intended to defeat modern HEAT projectiles. Trials in the USA indicate that, crude as it appears, this system works quite well. However it increases the weight of the tank and reduces performance while the counter-balance, at the rear of the turret, suggests that it is affected by the extra weight. The sectioned armour pad is above the driver’s hatch. Unless the turret is in this position, and the pod raised as shown, the driver would be trapped”.
This tank was moved into storage from the Post War Hall in November 2011 (source: Museum Vehicle Record).
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March 2011
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1: Front left view
Taken: 9 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7230
Added: 26 March 2012
Filename: 58489021...
Views: 263
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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October 2008
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2: Front right view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6467
Added: 29 December 2011
Filename: P1030618...
Views: 205
Select/Has Priority: 21/21
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3: Front left view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6468
Added: 29 December 2011
Filename: P1030617...
Views: 172
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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4: Rear right view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6469
Added: 29 December 2011
Filename: P1030619...
Views: 159
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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5: Rear left view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6470
Added: 29 December 2011
Filename: P1030621...
Views: 171
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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6: Turret close-up
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6471
Added: 29 December 2011
Filename: P1030622...
Views: 233
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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7: Up-armoured glacis
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6472
Added: 29 December 2011
Filename: P1030623...
Views: 170
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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8: Rear of turret counterweight
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6473
Added: 29 December 2011
Filename: P1030620...
Views: 182
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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