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Text in original Preserved American Tanks publication:
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Text in original Preserved Tanks In Italy publication:
In one of the movies, Don Camillo, a former partisan (just like Peppone), drives an M24 Chaffee light tank that has been kept in storage in a secret place since World War II (source: M. Foti). In this movie, Don Camillo e l’onorevole Peppone, the M24 is purported to be a long abandoned German tank; Don Camillo accidentally fires a main gun round and destroys the local peace monument.
In Brescello they wanted to pay homage by having the same type of tank in front of the museum. They failed to get an M24, so they used an M26 instead. Its mantlet and gun are fake, and its muzzle brake comes from an M47 Patton tank. (Source: M. Foti). Although it has been restored it is also missing its engine and any interior fittings, and it has M47 tracks (source: M. Viucci).
From the late 1940s the US Army began transferring tanks to allies in Europe to build up forces against the Soviet Union. Italy was provided with M26 tanks and they served with the Ariete Brigade (later a division) from the early 1950s until at least 1963. This M26 is likely to have been an ex-Italian Army vehicle that was demilitarised by cutting the gun barrel, hence the need for it to be replaced.
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July 2007
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1: Front right view, photo by S. László
Taken: 14 July 2007
Contributor: Wikimedia
Photo ID: 4439
Added: 30 January 2011
Filename: Dig_M26_...
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August 2005
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2: Upper rear right view
Taken: 7 August 2005
Contributor: S. Scarletti
Photo ID: 2261
Added: 6 December 2009
Filename: Dig003_M...
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3: Front left view
Taken: 7 August 2005
Contributor: S. Scarletti
Photo ID: 2257
Added: 6 December 2009
Filename: Dig012_M...
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4: Front right view
Taken: 7 August 2005
Contributor: S. Scarletti
Photo ID: 2258
Added: 6 December 2009
Filename: Dig011_M...
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5: Right view
Taken: 7 August 2005
Contributor: S. Scarletti
Photo ID: 2259
Added: 6 December 2009
Filename: Dig002_M...
Views: 203
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6: Rear view
Taken: 7 August 2005
Contributor: S. Scarletti
Photo ID: 2260
Added: 6 December 2009
Filename: Dig013_M...
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July 1996
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7: Front right view
Taken: July 1996
Contributor: M. Viucci
Photo ID: 2357
Added: 21 December 2009
Filename: Scan_M26...
Views: 199
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8: Front left view
Taken: July 1996
Contributor: M. Viucci
Photo ID: 2358
Added: 21 December 2009
Filename: Scan_M26...
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9: Rear left view
Taken: July 1996
Contributor: M. Viucci
Photo ID: 2359
Added: 21 December 2009
Filename: Scan_M26...
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December 1994
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10: Front right view
Taken: December 1994
Contributor: M. Viucci
Photo ID: 2360
Added: 21 December 2009
Filename: Scan_M26...
Views: 392
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11: Front left view
Taken: December 1994
Contributor: M. Viucci
Photo ID: 2361
Added: 21 December 2009
Filename: Scan_M26...
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