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Unique ID:
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1982
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Added to Database:
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30 December 2011
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Last Edited:
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24 March 2012
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Type (ID):
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Leopard (400)
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Model (ID):
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Leopard C2 (709)
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Location Category (ID):
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The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection (3016)
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Location (ID):
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Storage (3016)
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Serial Number: |
18016 (chassis)
0020A (turret).
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Registration: |
78-85137: “78-85137” painted on left hull rear.
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Name: |
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Other Identification: |
“23A” painted on hull sides and rear. “137” painted on thermal sleeve near muzzle. White-edged black maple leaf painted on rangedfinder blanking plates. Hull painted in a green, brown and black camouflage (previously overall green), turret painted overall green.
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Collection Reference: |
E2006.1584.
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Links: |
Museum Vehicle Record
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References: |
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Associated Tanks: |
Leopard C2 Tank - The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Other Leopard C2 that arrived at the same time)
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Location History:
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1: Wegmann & Co, Kassel, Nordhessen, Germany (Turret manufacturer)
2: Krauss-Maffei GmbH, Munich, Germany (Prime contractor and vehicle assembly)
3: Unknown Location, Canada (Canadian Army service)
4: The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
5: The Tank Museum - Tankfest Arena, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Running at Tankfest 2006)
6: The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
7: The Tank Museum - Tankfest Arena, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Running at Tankfest 2009)
8: The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
9: The Tank Museum - Tankfest Arena, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Running at Tankfest 2010)
10: The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
11: The Tank Museum - Tankfest Arena, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Running at Tankfest 2011)
12: The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
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Text in original Preserved German Tanks publication:
[No entry]
Text in Preserved German Tanks Update:
New entry.
Text in original Preserved Tanks In Britain publication:
It has been reported that two Leopards were donated by the Canadian Army (source: Flickr). This Leopard arrived by low loader on 31 May 2006. It is in running order and was one of three Leopards that took part in Tankfest 2009; it also took part in Tankfests 2006, 2010 and 2011.
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