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UNIQUE ID 1092: SEXTON SELF-PROPELLED GUN

Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Britain

(Location: Inside Land Warfare Hall)


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Unique ID: 1092
Added to Database: December 2009
Last Edited: December 2009
Type (ID): Sexton (8300)
Model (ID): Sexton (8300)
Location Category (ID): Imperial War Museum (3300)
Location (ID): Inside Land Warfare Hall (3304)
Serial Number: “1775” stamped into rear plate.
Registration: “S-233721” painted on hull sides, previously seen with “S-287068”. “75 ZS 41” (British) seen previously but not currently visible.
Name:
Other Identification: Emblems painted on hull front and rear.
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Location History:
(see map)

1: Montreal Locomotive Works, Montréal, Quebec, Canada (Sole manufacturer early 1943-end 1945)
2: Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Cambridgeshire, East England, Britain (Current location)


Text in original Preserved Canadian Tanks publication:

[No entry]

Text in Preserved Canadian Tanks Update:

[No entry]

Text in original Preserved Tanks In Britain publication:

This Sexton was purchased by the IWM in 1976 from Pound's scrapyard in Portsmouth. It has apparently since been repainted with the markings of a different vehicle.


Images - Photographs and NavPix (click to expand or browse)

June 2008

Front right view
1: Front right view

Taken: 15 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2349
Added: 17 December 2009
Filename: IMG_0438...
Views: 174
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Rear left view
2: Rear left view

Taken: 15 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2350
Added: 17 December 2009
Filename: IMG_0433...
Views: 149
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Rear view
3: Rear view

Taken: 15 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2351
Added: 17 December 2009
Filename: IMG_0432...
Views: 172
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Close-up of registration number
4: Close-up of registration number

Taken: 15 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2352
Added: 17 December 2009
Filename: IMG_0439...
Views: 230
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    



Serial number on rear plate
5: Serial number on rear plate

Taken: 15 June 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2353
Added: 17 December 2009
Filename: IMG_0430...
Views: 149
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October 1982

Front right view
6: Front right view

Taken: 30 October 1982
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2556
Added: 10 January 2010
Filename: Scan_Sex...
Views: 115
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    



 

Front left view
7: Front left view

Taken: 30 October 1982
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2557
Added: 10 January 2010
Filename: Scan_Sex...
Views: 164
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    



 

Main gun
8: Main gun

Taken: 30 October 1982
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2558
Added: 10 January 2010
Filename: Scan_Sex...
Views: 123
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    



1980

Main gun
9: Main gun

Taken: 1980 (Estimated)
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2554
Added: 10 January 2010
Filename: Scan_Sex...
Views: 119
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Main gun
10: Main gun

Taken: 1980 (Estimated)
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 2555
Added: 10 January 2010
Filename: Scan_Sex...
Views: 141
Select/Has Priority: 21/0