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Unique ID:
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330
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Added to Database:
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July 2008
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Last Edited:
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5 January 2014
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Type (ID):
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Kampfpanzer 70 (440)
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Model (ID):
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MBT-70 (772)
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Location Category (ID):
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U.S. Army Ordnance Museum (70050)
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Location (ID):
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Display Park (70060)
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Serial Number: |
“A-00003” marked in weld metal on glacis plate, indicating Pilot 3 (but “NO. 5” painted on aft hull sides).
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Registration: |
09A003 67 (but “09A 005 67” painted on aft hull sides).
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Other Identification: |
“NON-BALLISTIC” marked in weld metal on glacis plate. “U.S. ARMY” painted on aft hull sides. White stars painted on forward turret sides.
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AFVNDB
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Location History:
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1: Krauss-Maffei GmbH, Munich, Germany (Deutsche Entwicklungs-Gesellschaft mbH consortium - DEG - also included MaK plus Rheinstahl-Henschel and Lutherwerke)
2: Detroit Tank Arsenal / TACOM, Warren, Macomb County, Michigan, USA (Estimated mid/late 1970s)
3: Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor, Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA (Until early 1990s)
4: U.S. Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Harford County, Maryland, USA (Current location)
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Text in original Preserved German Tanks publication:
This prototype, serial number 09A003, is on display beside Old Ironsides Avenue. It was acquired from TACOM at Detroit, Michigan. It is made of non-ballistic steel and has large weights welded onto its turret for testing purposes. The rubber parts of its tracks and roadwheels are largely perished.
Text in Preserved German Tanks Update:
This MBT-70 was moved from Fort Knox to Aberdeen Proving Ground in the early 1990s in a trade for the APG King Tiger. It was initially displayed in front of the Ordnance Museum, then on the ‘Mile of Tanks’. It has been mistakenly labeled as Pilot No. 5, reg number 09A 005 67, probably by copying from the picture of that vehicle in Hunnicutt’s Abrams book. (Source: N. Baumgardner/AFVNDB).
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October 2012
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1: Front left view
Taken: 1 October 2012
Contributor: R.S. Eshleman
Photo ID: 9192
Added: 5 January 2014
Filename: img1795_...
Views: 487
Select/Has Priority: 22/0
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2: Close-up of glacis markings
Taken: 1 October 2012
Contributor: R.S. Eshleman
Photo ID: 9193
Added: 5 January 2014
Filename: img1796_...
Views: 212
Select/Has Priority: 22/0
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September 2007
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3: Front left view, photo by M. Pellegrini
Taken: 19 September 2007
Contributor: Wikimedia
Photo ID: 8629
Added: 25 August 2012
Filename: 1_MBT-70...
Views: 313
Select/Has Priority: 22/0
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4: Front view, photo by M. Pellegrini
Taken: 19 September 2007
Contributor: Wikimedia
Photo ID: 8630
Added: 25 August 2012
Filename: 2_MBT-70...
Views: 942
Select/Has Priority: 22/0
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July 2007
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5: Right view, photo by Fat yankee
Taken: 5 July 2007
Contributor: Wikimedia
Photo ID: 8631
Added: 25 August 2012
Filename: 0007rb5r...
Views: 709
Select/Has Priority: 22/0
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6: Rear left view, photo by Fat yankee
Taken: 5 July 2007
Contributor: Wikimedia
Photo ID: 8632
Added: 25 August 2012
Filename: 0007s3qe...
Views: 491
Select/Has Priority: 22/0
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June 1983
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7: Front right view
Taken: 30 June 1983
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 1276
Added: 23 May 2009
Filename: Scan_MBT...
Views: 293
Select/Has Priority: 1/0
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8: Right view
Taken: 30 June 1983
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2752
Added: 17 March 2010
Filename: Scan_MBT...
Views: 287
Select/Has Priority: 20/0
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9: Rear right view
Taken: 30 June 1983
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2753
Added: 17 March 2010
Filename: Scan_MBT...
Views: 2771
Select/Has Priority: 20/0
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10: Left view
Taken: 30 June 1983
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2754
Added: 17 March 2010
Filename: Scan_MBT...
Views: 275
Select/Has Priority: 20/0
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11: Front left view
Taken: 30 June 1983
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2755
Added: 17 March 2010
Filename: Scan_MBT...
Views: 254
Select/Has Priority: 20/0
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12: Front view
Taken: 30 June 1983
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2756
Added: 17 March 2010
Filename: Scan_MBT...
Views: 301
Select/Has Priority: 20/0
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