MAP CONTROLS: Use slider or mousewheel to zoom, and hold down left mouse button
to drag.
KEY: Location markers are coloured from Green meaning exact to Red meaning
gone or unknown (details here)
|
Unique ID:
|
2492
|
|
Added to Database:
|
29 March 2014
|
|
Last Edited:
|
29 March 2014
|
|
Type (ID):
|
Ram Kangaroo (8150)
|
|
Model (ID):
|
Ram Kangaroo (8150)
|
|
Location Category (ID):
|
Canadian War Museum (8100)
|
|
Location (ID):
|
CWM Storage (8140)
|
|
Serial Number: |
1112 (source: Sherman Register).
|
|
Registration: |
CT-40892 (source: Sherman Register).
|
|
Name: |
|
|
Other Identification: |
|
|
Collection Reference: |
|
|
Links: |
HMVF
Sherman Register
MapleLeafUp
|
|
References: |
|
|
Associated Tanks: |
|
Location History:
(see map) |
1: Montreal Locomotive Works, Montréal, Quebec, Canada (Sole manufacturer of original tank January 1942-)
2: Rainham Marshes – London, UK (1970s-mid 1990s)
3: Staman International Trading, Nijverdal, Hellendoorn, Overijssel, The Netherlands (ca mid-1990s – Dealer identity unconfirmed)
4: Gilis Collection, Turnhout, Kempen Region, Antwerp Province, Belgium (ca mid-1990s – Dealer identity unconfirmed)
5: Canadian War Museum, LeBreton Flats, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Current location)
|
Text in original Preserved Canadian Tanks publication:
[No entry]
Text in Preserved Canadian Tanks Update:
[No entry]
Text in original Preserved Tanks In Canada publication:
This Kangaroo was originally recovered from Rainham Marshes in London, UK; it was one of three tanks standing behind a rifle range in the 1970s-80s. It was the last one there in 1993. It went to a UK dealer then to a Dutch dealer then to a Belgium dealer, who traded it to the Canadian War Museum. It is awaiting restoration. (Source: H. Spoelstra/Sherman Register via HMVF).
It arrived at the CWM on 9 June 2004 as a Ram tank but the turret was sitting loosely on top of the tank. The interior of the tank was painted green, the interior has a bracket for a second No.19 set, the ammo racks etc. had been removed, and the gunners seat had been removed. The tank still shows remnants of the formation symbol (171 on a green over brown field with a white bar below); this is believed to be HQ Squadron of the 1st Cdn Armd Bde. (Source: C. Law/MapleLeafUp).
It was probably used by HQ Squadron of the 1st Cdn Armd Bde while it was still a tank, and was later converted into a Kangaroo after they had converted to Sherman tanks. It was listed as ‘stock’ in the ‘Ram Tanks on Canadian Census Charge’ of 28 July 1945 so most likely still a Ram Cruiser Tank by the end of WW2, struck off charge by the Canadian Army in the UK and then acquired by the British Army, de-turreted and used as a Kangaroo after WW2 (Source: H. Spoelstra/MapleLeafUp).
|
1985
|
| | | |  | | | | |
1: Front right view, on Rainham Marshes
Taken: 1985 (Estimated)
Contributor: H. Spoelstra
Photo ID: 9522
Added: 29 March 2014
Filename: kangar02...
Views: 227
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
|
| | | | | |
|
|