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UNIQUE ID 1447: M26A1 PERSHING TANK

Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor, Fort Knox, USA

(Location: Warehouses)


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Unique ID: 1447
Added to Database: 29 December 2010
Last Edited: 29 December 2010
Type (ID): M26 Pershing (1620)
Model (ID): M26A1 Pershing (1626)
Location Category (ID): Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor (67010)
Location (ID): Warehouses (67040)
Serial Number: 1947
Registration:
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Other Identification: Shield emblem painted on glacis, other insignia painted on mud flaps. Three vertical white bars in blue rectangle painted on left turret side.
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Location History:
(see map)

1: General Motors - Fisher Body Division, Grand Blanc, Genesee County, Michigan, USA (Primary manufacturer November 1944 - End 1945)
2: Rock Island Arsenal Museum, Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois, USA (Converted from M26 – 1952)
3: Italy (Italian Army service)
4: Red River Army Depot, Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas, USA (Until October 1977)
5: Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor, Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA (Current location)


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Text in original Preserved Tanks In USA publication:

This M26A1 was a lend-lease tank returned to U.S. control in Italy. The museum acquired it from the Red River Army Depot at Texarkana, Texas, in October 1977. It had been converted from an M26 in 1952 at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, when its M3 gun had been replaced by an M3A1. It was intended that after it had been restored it would be put on display in Keyes Park.


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June 1983

Right view
1: Right view

Taken: 30 June 1983
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 4111
Added: 29 December 2010
Filename: Scan_M26...
Views: 228
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Front right view
2: Front right view

Taken: 30 June 1983
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 4112
Added: 29 December 2010
Filename: Scan_M26...
Views: 206
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Front view
3: Front view

Taken: 30 June 1983
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 4113
Added: 29 December 2010
Filename: Scan_M26...
Views: 182
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Front left view
4: Front left view

Taken: 30 June 1983
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 4114
Added: 29 December 2010
Filename: Scan_M26...
Views: 180
Select/Has Priority: 21/0