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Unique ID:
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1934
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Added to Database:
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24 December 2011
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Last Edited:
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22 March 2012
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Type (ID):
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M46 Patton (1635)
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Model (ID):
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M46 (1635)
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Location Category (ID):
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The Tank Museum - Public Areas (3000)
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Location (ID):
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World War 2 (3010)
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Serial Number: |
“559” or similar stamped into front towing lugs.
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Registration: |
“30163515” was at one time painted on the tank (source: Tank Museum Record).
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Other Identification: |
“B1065” cast into left of mantlet. “73 ∆” and “C 22” painted on upper glacis. Allied stars painted on turret sides. Tiger face emblem painted on glacis.
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Collection Reference: |
E1962.23. (Accession 2362, Entry 1962.1005).
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Links: |
Museum Vehicle Record
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Location History:
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1: USA (Country of origin)
2: Directorate of Tank Design, Chertsey, Surrey, South East England, Britain (1951)
3: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
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This M46 was supplied to Great Britain for evaluation, and is believed to have been tested at FVRDE in 1951, as tank test 4094 (source: Museum Vehicle Record). It was put on the museum books in 1962, and now has a tiger face painted on the glacis plate, as seen on examples that served in the Korean War.
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March 2011
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1: Front left view
Taken: 8 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7178
Added: 24 March 2012
Filename: 58316625...
Views: 242
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October 2008
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2: Front right view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6207
Added: 24 December 2011
Filename: P1030675...
Views: 192
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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3: Front view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6208
Added: 24 December 2011
Filename: P1030676...
Views: 297
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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4: Front left view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6209
Added: 24 December 2011
Filename: P1030677...
Views: 324
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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5: Left view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6210
Added: 24 December 2011
Filename: P1030689...
Views: 177
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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6: Rear left view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6211
Added: 24 December 2011
Filename: P1030690...
Views: 195
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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7: Front view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6212
Added: 24 December 2011
Filename: P1040075...
Views: 152
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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8: Close-up
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6213
Added: 24 December 2011
Filename: P1030683...
Views: 181
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9: Serial number stamped into towing lug
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6214
Added: 24 December 2011
Filename: P1030684...
Views: 165
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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10: Mantlet casting marking
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6215
Added: 24 December 2011
Filename: P1030679...
Views: 164
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October 1982
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11: Right view
Taken: 26 October 1982
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6726
Added: 12 February 2012
Filename: Scan_M46...
Views: 203
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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