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Unique ID:
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1340
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Added to Database:
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15 October 2010
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Last Edited:
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15 October 2010
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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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General Patton Memorial Museum (54400)
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Location (ID):
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External Display Area (54410)
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Serial Number: |
174: “174” stamped into front right tow lug (source: C. Hughes).
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Registration: |
“?10628” or similar painted on nose.
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Other Identification: |
Painted overall desert sand. Italian data plate welded on hull rear plate. “43” daubed on glacis. T-shaped muzzle brake. Plaque fixed on glacis. Labels fixed on front mud flaps.
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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: Officina Riparazione Mezzi Corazzati (ORMeC), Bologna, Province of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (During Italian Army service – upgraded December 1974)
3: General Patton Memorial Museum, Chiriaco Summit, Riverside County, California, 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 is an ex-Italian M47, and has an Italian data plate on the hull rear. This indicates that the tank was maintained by O.R.Me.C. in Bologna. It has the stamped number “61274” (source: C. Sherman). This likely indicates the date of an upgrade, 6 December 1974.
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November 2008
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1: Right view, photo by C. Coker
Taken: 8 November 2008
Contributor: Flickr
Photo ID: 4071
Added: 28 December 2010
Filename: 30199491...
Views: 203
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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May 2008
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2: Front right view, photo by S. Minor
Taken: 19 May 2008
Contributor: Flickr
Photo ID: 4065
Added: 28 December 2010
Filename: 27017681...
Views: 860
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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January 2008
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3: Front right view
Taken: 2 January 2008
Contributor: M. High
Photo ID: 4074
Added: 28 December 2010
Filename: 29876817...
Views: 213
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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4: Left view
Taken: 2 January 2008
Contributor: M. High
Photo ID: 4075
Added: 28 December 2010
Filename: 29885360...
Views: 167
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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November 2006
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5: Front right view
Taken: November 2006
Contributor: C. Sherman
Photo ID: 3802
Added: 15 October 2010
Filename: 61274_00...
Views: 140
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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6: Data plate
Taken: November 2006
Contributor: C. Sherman
Photo ID: 3803
Added: 15 October 2010
Filename: 61274-00...
Views: 161
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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August 2006
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7: Front right view, photo by M. Kelley
Taken: 15 August 2006
Contributor: Flickr
Photo ID: 4068
Added: 28 December 2010
Filename: 22259675...
Views: 189
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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