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Unique ID:
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2379
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Added to Database:
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22 August 2012
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Last Edited:
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27 August 2012
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Type (ID):
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M48 Patton (1660)
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Model (ID):
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M48A2C (1668)
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Location Category (ID):
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Military Museum of Southern New England (56000)
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Location (ID):
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External Storage Area (56004)
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Serial Number: |
90? “90?”? stamped into rear left tow lug.
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Registration: |
398417: “USMC 398417” painted on side stowage boxes. 9B1694 4 (source: USAHAR).
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Other Identification: |
“6570” painted on upper turret sides. Shield emblem cast into left turret side. Painted overall in a green, brown, sand and black MERDC-style camouflage scheme.
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Collection Reference: |
Exhibit 16. “EXHIBIT #16” painted on sign on glacis.
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Links: |
Flickr Maloney Gallery
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Associated Tanks: |
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Location History:
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1: American Locomotive Company, Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, USA (Primary manufacturer of base M48A2 - vehicles upgraded from 1959) 2: Danbury Railway Yard – Connecticut, USA (Staging point 1991) 3: Military Museum of Southern New England, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, 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 M48 was brought to the museum in the summer of 1991 by Conrail SENH. It was transported via a railway yard that is now part of the Danbury Railway Museum. (Source: n1yln/Flickr).
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August 2008
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1: Front left view
Taken: 16 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 8567 Added: 25 August 2012 Filename: P1010953... Views: 194 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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2: Front view
Taken: 16 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 8568 Added: 25 August 2012 Filename: P1010952... Views: 152 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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3: Front right view
Taken: 16 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 8569 Added: 25 August 2012 Filename: P1010950... Views: 164 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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4: Upper right view
Taken: 16 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 8570 Added: 25 August 2012 Filename: P1020192... Views: 178 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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5: Rear right view
Taken: 16 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 8571 Added: 25 August 2012 Filename: P1010945... Views: 172 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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6: Rear view
Taken: 16 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 8572 Added: 25 August 2012 Filename: P1020212... Views: 166 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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7: Rear left view
Taken: 16 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 8573 Added: 25 August 2012 Filename: P1020067... Views: 162 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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8: Left view
Taken: 16 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 8574 Added: 25 August 2012 Filename: P1010955... Views: 153 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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9: Turret close-up
Taken: 16 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 8575 Added: 25 August 2012 Filename: P1010958... Views: 161 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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10: Turret close-up
Taken: 16 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 8576 Added: 25 August 2012 Filename: P1010957... Views: 104 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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11: Turret rear
Taken: 16 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 8577 Added: 25 August 2012 Filename: P1010965... Views: 156 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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12: Engine compartment
Taken: 16 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 8578 Added: 25 August 2012 Filename: P1010963... Views: 158 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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13: Driver's position
Taken: 16 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 8579 Added: 25 August 2012 Filename: P1010954... Views: 154 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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14: Engine decking
Taken: 16 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 8580 Added: 25 August 2012 Filename: P1010966... Views: 143 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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15: Serial number on towing lug
Taken: 16 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 8581 Added: 25 August 2012 Filename: P1010969... Views: 156 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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16: Close-up of registration number
Taken: 16 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 8582 Added: 25 August 2012 Filename: P1010956... Views: 148 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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17: Left engine door
Taken: 16 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 8583 Added: 25 August 2012 Filename: P1010959... Views: 149 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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18: Towing pintle
Taken: 16 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 8584 Added: 25 August 2012 Filename: P1010961... Views: 155 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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19: Turret casting marking
Taken: 16 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 8585 Added: 25 August 2012 Filename: P1010964... Views: 169 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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20: Marking on hull rear
Taken: 16 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 8586 Added: 25 August 2012 Filename: P1010968... Views: 155 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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