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Unique ID:
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1072
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Added to Database:
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December 2009
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Last Edited:
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December 2009
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Type (ID):
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T-55 (2560)
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Model (ID):
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Unidentified Model (2572)
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Location Category (ID):
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Imperial War Museum North (3610)
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Location (ID):
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Main Entrance (3610)
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Other Identification: |
Arabic number “٨٦٤٠٣” (“86403”) painted on glacis plate. Overall painted desert sand.
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Wikipedia
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Location History:
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1: Russia (Country of origin)
2: Second Gulf War, Location Unknown, Iraq (Captured)
3: Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Cambridgeshire, East England, Britain (Until August 2008)
4: Imperial War Museum North, Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West England, Britain (Current location)
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Text in original Preserved Soviet Tanks publication:
[No entry]
Text in Preserved Soviet Tanks Update:
[No entry]
Text in original Preserved Tanks In Britain publication:
This ex-Iraqi Army T-55 tank was put on display outside the main entrance to the museum in August 2008; it had been captured by the Royal Engineers during the opening stages of the Gulf War in 2003 (source: Wikipedia). It arrived from the IWM at Duxford having previously been on display there.
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June 2008
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1: Front left view
Taken: 15 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2268
Added: 14 December 2009
Filename: IMG_0222...
Views: 173
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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2: Front right view
Taken: 15 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2269
Added: 14 December 2009
Filename: IMG_0221...
Views: 166
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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3: Rear left view
Taken: 15 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2270
Added: 14 December 2009
Filename: IMG_0223...
Views: 164
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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4: Rear right view
Taken: 15 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2271
Added: 14 December 2009
Filename: IMG_0224...
Views: 456
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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5: Front markings
Taken: 15 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2272
Added: 14 December 2009
Filename: IMG_0225...
Views: 150
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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