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Unique ID:
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1391
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Added to Database:
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9 November 2010
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Last Edited:
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4 December 2010
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Type (ID):
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M60 (1702)
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Model (ID):
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M60 (1702)
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Location Category (ID):
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VFW Post 8971 Doucet-Aucoin (68400)
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Location (ID):
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VFW 8971 (68400)
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Serial Number: |
663: consistent with registration number and welded numbers on hull rear (source: J. Daneri).
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Registration: |
9B3780: “9B3780” stamped into glacis.
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Other Identification: |
“360” marked (raised) on one front towing lug and “3587” on the other (source: Tanklord). “DT666” and “CG-685” marked in weld metal on bottom left of hull rear. “653” stamped into left side of engine doors. “183” stamped into right side of engine doors. Various markings on final drives. White stars painted on turret sides and glacis.
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Location History:
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1: Chrysler Corporation Newark Assembly Plant, Newark, New Castle County, Delaware, USA (If serial number is 360 - built 1960)
2: VFW Post 8971 Doucet-Aucoin, Eunice, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana, 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 tank is displayed on a concrete pad beside the main car park. It has been suggested that this tank was previously in the Louisiana Museum of Military History but its markings do not match the one that was there (source: Tanklord).
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March 2007
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1: Front left view
Taken: 6 March 2007
Contributor: Tanklord
Photo ID: 3939
Added: 9 November 2010
Filename: Frontal_...
Views: 174
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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2: Rear left view
Taken: 6 March 2007
Contributor: Tanklord
Photo ID: 3940
Added: 9 November 2010
Filename: M60A0-RL...
Views: 116
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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3: Close-up of registration number
Taken: 6 March 2007
Contributor: Tanklord
Photo ID: 3941
Added: 9 November 2010
Filename: RN_M60_E...
Views: 128
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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4: Markings on bottom left of hull rear
Taken: 6 March 2007
Contributor: Tanklord
Photo ID: 3942
Added: 9 November 2010
Filename: RearHull...
Views: 123
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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5: Left side of engine doors
Taken: 6 March 2007
Contributor: Tanklord
Photo ID: 3943
Added: 9 November 2010
Filename: Leftrear...
Views: 134
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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6: Right side of engine doors
Taken: 6 March 2007
Contributor: Tanklord
Photo ID: 3944
Added: 9 November 2010
Filename: RightRea...
Views: 153
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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7: Close-up of mantlet
Taken: 6 March 2007
Contributor: Tanklord
Photo ID: 3945
Added: 9 November 2010
Filename: Mantle_M...
Views: 120
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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8: Infantry telephone
Taken: 6 March 2007
Contributor: Tanklord
Photo ID: 3946
Added: 9 November 2010
Filename: Phone_M6...
Views: 107
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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9: Towing pintle
Taken: 6 March 2007
Contributor: Tanklord
Photo ID: 3947
Added: 9 November 2010
Filename: Pintle_M...
Views: 175
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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10: Left final drive
Taken: 6 March 2007
Contributor: Tanklord
Photo ID: 3948
Added: 9 November 2010
Filename: LeftDriv...
Views: 127
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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11: Right final drive
Taken: 6 March 2007
Contributor: Tanklord
Photo ID: 3949
Added: 9 November 2010
Filename: RightDri...
Views: 112
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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