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Unique ID:
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1931
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Added to Database:
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24 December 2011
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Last Edited:
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22 March 2012
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Type (ID):
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Sherman Crab (1415)
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Model (ID):
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M4A4 Sherman Crab Mark II (1418)
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Location Category (ID):
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The Tank Museum - Public Areas (3000)
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Location (ID):
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World War 2 (3010)
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Serial Number: |
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Registration: |
“T148090” painted on hull sides.
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Other Identification: |
Unit markings painted on right-hand boom. Operational markings painted on hull sides.
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Collection Reference: |
E1949.360. (Accession 36049, Entry 1949.1001).
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Links: |
Museum Vehicle Record
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Associated Tanks: |
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Location History:
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1: Detroit Tank Arsenal / TACOM, Warren, Macomb County, Michigan, USA (Sole manufacturer of base M4A4 July 1942-September 1943)
2: Milner Safe Company - Liverpool, Britain (Converter to flail tank)
3: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (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 Britain publication:
This Crab is based on a late-production M4A4 and was put on the museum books in 1949. It carries the markings of a Sherman Crab of the Westminster Dragoons. They landed in King Sector on Gold Beach on D-Day and were still operating, as a flail regiment, when the war in Europe came to an end.
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March 2011
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1: Front left view
Taken: 11 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7004
Added: 20 March 2012
Filename: 57641183...
Views: 196
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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2: Front left view
Taken: 6 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7002
Added: 20 March 2012
Filename: 57635571...
Views: 172
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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3: Front right view
Taken: 6 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7003
Added: 20 March 2012
Filename: 57635628...
Views: 170
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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October 2008
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4: Front right view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6188
Added: 24 December 2011
Filename: P1030973...
Views: 147
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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5: Front left view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6189
Added: 24 December 2011
Filename: P1030971...
Views: 1161
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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6: Front view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6190
Added: 24 December 2011
Filename: P1030972...
Views: 170
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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7: Rear right view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6191
Added: 24 December 2011
Filename: P1030976...
Views: 221
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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8: Towing lug - no serial number obvious
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6192
Added: 24 December 2011
Filename: P1030975...
Views: 141
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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9: Rear left view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6347
Added: 27 December 2011
Filename: P1030970...
Views: 177
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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October 1982
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10: Front right view
Taken: 26 October 1982
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6715
Added: 12 February 2012
Filename: Scan_Cra...
Views: 177
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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