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UNIQUE ID 1331: M47 PATTON TANK

(Model: Italian Service)

NTC and 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment Museum, Fort Irwin, USA

(Location: Operations Group HQ)


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Unique ID: 1331
Added to Database: 23 September 2010
Last Edited: 15 October 2010
Type (ID): M47 Patton (1640)
Model (ID): Italian Service (1645)
Location Category (ID): NTC and 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment Museum (54300)
Location (ID): Operations Group HQ (54320)
Serial Number: 1022: “1022” stamped into front right tow lug (source: J. Button).
Registration:
Name:
Other Identification: “102” welded onto glacis (source: C. Sherman). White stars painted on turret sides and glacis. “11AC 1B” painted on front right mud flap. “C10” painted on front left mud flap. Various crew awards painted on left turret side. (In 2005: NTC insignia painted on glacis. Unknown insignia painted on turret sides and glacis. Painted overall desert sand).
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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 di Cittadella SpA, Cittadella, Padua, Veneto, Italy (Upgraded during Italian Army service)
3: NTC and 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment Museum, Fort Irwin, San Bernardino County, California, USA (Current location)


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This M47 is displayed on a concrete pad. It has a data plate on the hull rear that indicates it was overhauled at Cittadella in Italy (source: J. Button).


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April 2008

Front right view
1: Front right view

Taken: April 2008
Contributor: C. Sherman
Photo ID: 3798
Added: 15 October 2010
Filename: 20080405...
Views: 153
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Front left view
2: Front left view

Taken: April 2008
Contributor: C. Sherman
Photo ID: 3799
Added: 15 October 2010
Filename: 20080405...
Views: 175
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Rear view
3: Rear view

Taken: April 2008
Contributor: C. Sherman
Photo ID: 3800
Added: 15 October 2010
Filename: 20080405...
Views: 157
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December 2005

Front right view, photo from Arlex Photo
4: Front right view, photo from Arlex Photo's Gallery

Taken: 15 December 2005
Contributor: Picasa
Photo ID: 3767
Added: 23 September 2010
Filename: Img-2051...
Views: 198
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