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Unique ID:
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1326
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Added to Database:
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11 September 2010
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Last Edited:
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4 January 2011
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Type (ID):
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M47 Patton (1640)
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Model (ID):
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Italian Service (1645)
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Location Category (ID):
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National Armor and Cavalry Museum (60100)
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Location (ID):
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Sand Hill Storage (60150)
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Serial Number: |
3200 (source: D. Moriarty).
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Other Identification: |
T-shaped muzzle brake. Rebuild plate welded on rear hull. White stars painted on glacis and turret rear stowage box.
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Location History:
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1: Detroit Tank Arsenal / TACOM, Warren, Macomb County, Michigan, USA (Primary manufacturer June 1951-November 1953) 2: Officine Fiore, Caserta, Caserta Province, Campania, Italy (Reworked probably in the 1970s or 1980s) 3: Ropkey Armor Museum, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana, USA (Until mid 2000s) 4: Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor, Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA (Until October 2010) 5: BRAC Transfer, Fort Knox, Hardin County, Kentucky, USA (Rail shipment 23 October 2010) 6: National Armor and Cavalry Museum, Fort Benning, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA (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 USA publication:
This M47 is a former Italian Army vehicle. It was received in about the mid 2000’s in a shipment following a US Government repossession of loaned vehicles from the Ropkey Armour Museum, along with an M42 Duster, an M114 carrier and a towed 8 inch howitzer. (Source: D. Moriarty). They were seen in the Boatwright Maintenance Facility early in July 2008, but by 18th July 2008 they had been moved to Richardson Motor Pool (source: Geoff Walden). It has a data plate welded on the rear hull that reads: “OFFICINE FIORE S.M.C. CASERTA REV GENERALE 4.4.2.A” or similar. It was transported by train from Fort Knox to Fort Benning on 23 October 2010.
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October 2010
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1: Left tank, on train for transport to Fort Benning
Taken: 22 October 2010 Contributor: D. Moriarty Photo ID: 4191 Added: 4 January 2011 Filename: longtrai... Views: 283 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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September 2010
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2: Front view
Taken: September 2010 Contributor: D. Moriarty Photo ID: 3742 Added: 12 September 2010 Filename: Dig_M47_... Views: 245 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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3: Rear right view
Taken: September 2010 Contributor: D. Moriarty Photo ID: 3741 Added: 11 September 2010 Filename: Dig_M47-... Views: 199 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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4: Close-up of Italian upgrade plate
Taken: September 2010 Contributor: D. Moriarty Photo ID: 3743 Added: 12 September 2010 Filename: Dig_M47_... Views: 202 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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5: Close-up of muzzle brake
Taken: September 2010 Contributor: D. Moriarty Photo ID: 3744 Added: 12 September 2010 Filename: Dig_M47S... Views: 173 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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February 2010
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6: Location of Italian upgrade plate highlighted
Taken: February 2010 Contributor: D. Moriarty Photo ID: 3745 Added: 12 September 2010 Filename: Dig_M47-... Views: 232 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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December 2009
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7: Front left view, in Richardson Motor Pool
Taken: 30 December 2009 Contributor: D. Moriarty Photo ID: 3740 Added: 11 September 2010 Filename: Dig_M47-... Views: 230 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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July 2008
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8: Front right view, in Boatwright Maintenance Facility
Taken: 3 July 2008 Contributor: Geoff Walden Photo ID: 3746 Added: 13 September 2010 Filename: P1010005... Views: 183 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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9: Rear right view
Taken: 3 July 2008 Contributor: Geoff Walden Photo ID: 3747 Added: 13 September 2010 Filename: P1010007... Views: 182 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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