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UNIQUE ID 1311: M551 SHERIDAN AIRBORNE LIGHT TANK

(Model: M551)

National Armor and Cavalry Museum, Fort Benning, USA

(Location: Transportation Motor Pool)


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Unique ID: 1311
Added to Database: 17 August 2010
Last Edited: 4 January 2011
Type (ID): M551 Sheridan (1150)
Model (ID): M551 (1154)
Location Category (ID): National Armor and Cavalry Museum (60100)
Location (ID): Transportation Motor Pool (60140)
Serial Number:
Registration: 13F008: “US ARMY 13F008” painted on hull sides. 10513630 referenced in documentation.
Name:
Other Identification: “25 3R4” painted on front right nose. “B 26” painted on front left nose.
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Location History:
(see map)

1: Cleveland Tank Plant, Brook Park, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA (Sole manufacturer June 1966-November 1970)
2: Detroit Tank Arsenal / TACOM, Warren, Macomb County, Michigan, USA (Until September 1978)
3: Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor, Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA (Until December 2010)
4: BRAC Transfer, Fort Knox, Hardin County, Kentucky, USA (Road convoy 15 December 2010)
5: National Armor and Cavalry Museum, Fort Benning, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA (Current location)


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This M551 was transferred from TACOM at Warren, Michigan, in September 1978 and used for a time at Fort Knox for training. It has an armoured machine-gun mount above the commander’s cupola, and is in running order. For some years it was displayed in a Vietnam setting in the Patton Museum, with the museum’s M41A3. It was moved by transporter from Fort Knox to Fort Benning on 15 December 2010.


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December 2010

Leaving the Patton Museum
1: Leaving the Patton Museum

Taken: 15 December 2010
Contributor: D. Moriarty
Photo ID: 4210
Added: 4 January 2011
Filename: Loaded_M...
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June 1983

Front right view
2: Front right view

Taken: 30 June 1983
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3686
Added: 17 August 2010
Filename: Scan_M55...
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Front left view
3: Front left view

Taken: 30 June 1983
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3687
Added: 17 August 2010
Filename: Scan_M55...
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Front left view
4: Front left view

Taken: 30 June 1983
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3688
Added: 17 August 2010
Filename: Scan_M55...
Views: 243
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