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Unique ID:
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1400
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Added to Database:
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14 November 2010
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Last Edited:
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14 November 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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Lewis Army Museum (97100)
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Location (ID):
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Range Control (97120)
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Serial Number: |
29: “29” stamped into front left towing lug.
Turret: 73 (“SER 73” cast into turret roof).
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Registration: |
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Name: |
“HOFFMAN” painted on bore evacuator sides.
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Other Identification: |
Pistol port on left turret side. Numbers cast into hull front. “US ARMY” painted on side stowage boxes. White stars painted on turret sides, front mud flaps and glacis.
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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: Italy (Italian Army service)
3: Lewis Army Museum, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Pierce County, Washington, 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. Its rebuild plate is missing from the hull rear but its mounting plate remains. (Source: C_Sherman). It is displayed at the corner of Kaufman and Stryker Avenues, opposite the Range Control building. It has an early design of turret with a welded up pistol port on the left side. The turret top has the following casting marks (source: K. Laughlin):
The hull front has the following casting marks:
7354040
HT – SER
8273 © N75 |
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October 2010
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1: Front right view
Taken: October 2010
Contributor: C. Sherman
Photo ID: 3968
Added: 14 November 2010
Filename: 10201000...
Views: 178
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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2: Hull rear
Taken: October 2010
Contributor: C. Sherman
Photo ID: 3969
Added: 14 November 2010
Filename: 10201000...
Views: 146
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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3: Front left towing lug, showing serial number
Taken: October 2010
Contributor: C. Sherman
Photo ID: 3970
Added: 14 November 2010
Filename: 10201000...
Views: 154
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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4: Hull front
Taken: October 2010
Contributor: C. Sherman
Photo ID: 3971
Added: 14 November 2010
Filename: 10201000...
Views: 145
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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5: Left turret side, showing closed off pistol port
Taken: October 2010
Contributor: C. Sherman
Photo ID: 3972
Added: 14 November 2010
Filename: 10201000...
Views: 158
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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