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UNIQUE ID 1216: M48A2C TANK

Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor, Fort Knox, USA

(Location: Solitary Vehicles)


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Unique ID: 1216
Added to Database: 29 May 2010
Last Edited: 29 May 2010
Type (ID): M48 Patton (1660)
Model (ID): M48A2C (1668)
Location Category (ID): Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor (67010)
Location (ID): Solitary Vehicles (67050)
Serial Number: 305
Registration: “US ARMY 2A4985” previously painted on side stowage boxes.
Name:
Other Identification: “M48A2C” painted on front right mud flap. “1959” (previously “1956”) painted on front left mud flap. White stars painted on glacis and turret sides.
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Location History:
(see map)

1: American Locomotive Company, Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, USA (Primary manufacturer of base M48A2 - vehicles upgraded from 1959)
2: 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 Patton is on display on a plinth beside Chaffee Avenue opposite another M48A2C, at the main entrance to Fort Knox. It was acquired by the museum from the Army in August 1972. Note that the plinth used to read “HOME OF CAVALRY & ARMOR” on its left side but this lettering was removed during the first half of 2010 (source: D. Moriarty).


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June 2010

Front view
1: Front view

Taken: 6 June 2010
Contributor: D. Moriarty
Photo ID: 3437
Added: 11 July 2010
Filename: 1216_M48...
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Left view
2: Left view

Taken: 6 June 2010
Contributor: D. Moriarty
Photo ID: 3438
Added: 11 July 2010
Filename: 1216_M48...
Views: 166
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December 2009

Front right view
3: Front right view

Taken: 26 December 2009
Contributor: D. Moriarty
Photo ID: 3292
Added: 30 May 2010
Filename: M48A2C1_...
Views: 137
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June 1983

Front left view
4: Front left view

Taken: 30 June 1983
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3261
Added: 30 May 2010
Filename: Scan_M48...
Views: 103
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Front left view
5: Front left view

Taken: 30 June 1983
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3262
Added: 30 May 2010
Filename: Scan_M48...
Views: 97
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Front right view
6: Front right view

Taken: 30 June 1983
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3263
Added: 30 May 2010
Filename: Scan_M48...
Views: 85
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    



Left view
7: Left view

Taken: 30 June 1983
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 3264
Added: 30 May 2010
Filename: Scan_M48...
Views: 705
Select/Has Priority: 21/0