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Unique ID:
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2099
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Added to Database:
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31 January 2012
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Last Edited:
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24 March 2012
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Type (ID):
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M4A2 (76) HVSS Sherman (1364)
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Model (ID):
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M4A2 (76) HVSS (1364)
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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: |
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Registration: |
T224875 (British): “T-224875” painted on hull sides (224875 previously painted on transmission cover).
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Name: |
Either “RON” or “HARRY” painted on plate on hull sides. “BALACLAVA” previously painted on left hull side.
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Other Identification: |
“AF-7737” painted on rear hull sides. “THIS VEHICLE IS FILLED WITH ANTI-FREEZE 1/3 2/3 AND MUST NOT BE DRAINED” painted on hull sides. (Previously: “10” painted on left turret side, unit markings painted on transmission cover and hull sides, “U.S. ARMY” and white star painted on turret sides).
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Collection Reference: |
E1985.90. (Accession 9085, Entry 1985.1065).
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Links: |
Museum Vehicle Record
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References: |
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Associated Tanks: |
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Location History:
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1: General Motors - Fisher Body Division, Grand Blanc, Genesee County, Michigan, USA (Sole manufacturer early 1945)
2: Defence College of Management and Technology, Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, South East England, Britain (Until 1985)
3: The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
4: The Tank Museum - Tankfest Arena, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Running at Tankfest 2004)
5: The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
6: The Tank Museum - Tankfest Arena, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Running at Tankfest 2008)
7: The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
8: The Tank Museum - Tankfest Arena, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Running at Tankfest 2009)
9: The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
10: The Tank Museum - Tankfest Arena, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Running at Tankfest 2010)
11: The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
12: The Tank Museum - Tankfest Arena, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Static display at Tankfest 2011)
13: The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
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Text in original Preserved American Tanks publication:
[No entry]
Text in Preserved American Tanks Update:
[No entry]
Text in original Preserved Tanks In Britain publication:
This tank was sent to Britain for evaluation, but although given the British designation ‘Sherman IIIAY’ was not adopted for service. It was exchanged with the AFV Wing at Shrivenham, who were given a Sherman Grizzly. (Source: Museum Vehicle Record).
This M4A2 was transferred from Shrivenham in 1985, and is in running order. It took part in Tankfest 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2010, and was on static display at Tankfest 2011.
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