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UNIQUE ID 1364: M47 PATTON TANK

(Model: Italian Service)

Mississippi Armed Forces Museum, Camp Shelby, USA

(Location: Primary Storage Area)


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Unique ID: 1364
Added to Database: 25 October 2010
Last Edited: 26 October 2010
Type (ID): M47 Patton (1640)
Model (ID): Italian Service (1645)
Location Category (ID): Mississippi Armed Forces Museum (74100)
Location (ID): Primary Storage Area (74120)
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Other Identification: White stars painted on turret sides.
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Location History:
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1: Detroit Tank Arsenal / TACOM, Warren, Macomb County, Michigan, USA (Primary manufacturer June 1951-November 1953)
2: Officina Riparazione Mezzi Corazzati (ORMeC), Bologna, Province of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (During Italian Army service)
3: Louisiana Museum of Military History, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA (Until 2000)
4: Lafayette Asphalt Company, Elks, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA (Until 2008/9)
5: Mississippi Armed Forces Museum, Camp Shelby, Forrest County, Mississippi, USA (Current location)


Text in original Preserved American Tanks publication:

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Text in Preserved American Tanks Update:

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Text in original Preserved Tanks In USA publication:

This M47 was previously in the Louisiana Museum of Military History, after which it went into storage at Lafayette Asphalt Co. It is an Italian rebuild with an ORMeC data plate welded on the hull rear. (Source: Tanklord).


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March 2009

Turret close-up
1: Turret close-up

Taken: 29 March 2009
Contributor: J. Daneri
Photo ID: 3830
Added: 26 October 2010
Filename: Dig_M47_...
Views: 408
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August 2007

Rear view
2: Rear view

Taken: 12 August 2007
Contributor: Tanklord
Photo ID: 3931
Added: 3 November 2010
Filename: 100-0085...
Views: 165
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Turret close-up
3: Turret close-up

Taken: 12 August 2007
Contributor: Tanklord
Photo ID: 3932
Added: 3 November 2010
Filename: 100-0086...
Views: 316
Select/Has Priority: 21/0