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Unique ID:
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213
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Added to Database:
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May 2008
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Last Edited:
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27 April 2011
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Type (ID):
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Panzerkampfwagen IV (90)
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Model (ID):
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Ausf D (172)
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Location Category (ID):
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Imperial War Museum (3300)
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Location (ID):
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Inside Land Warfare Hall (3304)
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“PIPA” painted in yellow on hull front.
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Other Identification: |
Painted in the colour scheme and markings of a tank taking part in the initial Blitzkrieg operations of the Second World War.
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Location History:
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1: Krupp-Gruson Werk AG, Magdeburg, Germany (Sole manufacturer 1938-9)
2: Rose Barracks, Vilseck, Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany (1945-1980s)
3: Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Cambridgeshire, East England, Britain (Current location)
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Text in original Preserved German Tanks publication:
[No entry]
Text in Preserved German Tanks Update:
This Panzer IV was dug up in 1987 (along with a Hetzer tank destroyer) during a construction project at Rose Barracks, near Vilseck in Germany (source: Geoff Walden). It is believed that they had lain there since they were buried at the end of the Second World War.
Text in original Preserved Tanks In Britain publication:
This is an unusually early model of the Panzer IV, an Ausf. D.
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September 2009
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1: Front left view, photo by Gregd1957
Taken: 5 September 2009
Contributor: Wikimedia
Photo ID: 3556
Added: 4 August 2010
Filename: Dig_Panz...
Views: 535
Select/Has Priority: 22/0
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June 2008
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2: Front right view
Taken: 15 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2278
Added: 14 December 2009
Filename: IMG_0453...
Views: 267
Select/Has Priority: 22/0
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3: Front left view
Taken: 15 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2277
Added: 14 December 2009
Filename: IMG_0454...
Views: 272
Select/Has Priority: 22/0
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4: Rear left view
Taken: 15 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2279
Added: 14 December 2009
Filename: IMG_0459...
Views: 288
Select/Has Priority: 22/0
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5: Rear right view
Taken: 15 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2280
Added: 14 December 2009
Filename: IMG_0460...
Views: 243
Select/Has Priority: 22/0
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6: Upper rear left view
Taken: 15 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2281
Added: 14 December 2009
Filename: IMG_0480...
Views: 283
Select/Has Priority: 22/0
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7: Upper rear right view
Taken: 15 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2291
Added: 14 December 2009
Filename: IMG_0478...
Views: 293
Select/Has Priority: 22/0
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1987
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8: The tank during recovery
Taken: 1987 (Estimated)
Contributor: Geoff Walden
Photo ID: 131
Added: 14 June 2008
Filename: Dig_PzIV...
Views: 391
Select/Has Priority: 22/0
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9: Front right view
Taken: 1987 (Estimated)
Contributor: Geoff Walden
Photo ID: 132
Added: 14 June 2008
Filename: Dig_PzIV...
Views: 429
Select/Has Priority: 22/0
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