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Unique ID:
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1956
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Added to Database:
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27 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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Praying Mantis (3013)
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Model (ID):
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Praying Mantis (3013)
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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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Collection Reference: |
E1951.47 (Accession 4751).
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Links: |
Museum Vehicle Record
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Associated Tanks: |
Mark VII Tetrarch CS Airborne Light Tank - The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Also restored by Vickers 1984/5)
Medium Mark II* Tank - The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Also restored by Vickers 1984/5)
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Location History:
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1: Vickers-Armstrongs Limited, Elswick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North East England, Britain (Design parent of base carrier)
2: County Commercial Cars of Fleet – Hampshire, England (Site of conversion)
3: Directorate of Tank Design, Chertsey, Surrey, South East England, Britain (Evaluation – dates unknown)
4: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
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Text in original Preserved British Tanks publication:
[No entry]
Text in Preserved British Tanks Update:
[No entry]
Text in original Preserved Tanks In Britain publication:
Praying Mantis was designed by Mr E J Tapp of County Commercial Cars and the original patent dates from 1937. Two prototypes were built of which this is the second. The idea was to create a low profile weapon carrier which could take advantage of natural cover but raise itself up, as necessary, to shoot over walls or other obstacles. (Source: Tank Museum Record). Tank museum photographs show it being evaluated at the School of Tank Technology, Chertsey.
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March 2011
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1: Front right view
Taken: 11 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 6935
Added: 19 March 2012
Filename: 55389430...
Views: 418
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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2: Rear right view
Taken: 11 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 6936
Added: 19 March 2012
Filename: 55389396...
Views: 278
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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October 2008
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3: Front right view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6348
Added: 27 December 2011
Filename: P1030821...
Views: 225
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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October 1982
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4: Front left view
Taken: 26 October 1982
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6696
Added: 6 February 2012
Filename: Scan_PMa...
Views: 331
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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