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Text in original Preserved American Tanks publication:
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Text in original Preserved Tanks In Italy publication:
In one of the movies, Don Camillo, a former partisan (just like Peppone), drives an M24 Chaffee light tank that has been kept in storage in a secret place since World War II (source: M. Foti). In this movie, Don Camillo e l’onorevole Peppone, the M24 is purported to be a long abandoned German tank; Don Camillo accidentally fires a main gun round and destroys the local peace monument. In Brescello they wanted to pay homage by having the same type of tank in front of the museum. They failed to get an M24, so they used an M26 instead. Its mantlet and gun are fake, and its muzzle brake comes from an M47 Patton tank. (Source: M. Foti). Although it has been restored it is also missing its engine and any interior fittings, and it has M47 tracks (source: M. Viucci). From the late 1940s the US Army began transferring tanks to allies in Europe to build up forces against the Soviet Union. Italy was provided with M26 tanks and they served with the Ariete Brigade (later a division) from the early 1950s until at least 1963. This M26 is likely to have been an ex-Italian Army vehicle that was demilitarised by cutting the gun barrel, hence the need for it to be replaced.
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July 2007
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1: Front right view, photo by S. László
Taken: 14 July 2007 Contributor: Wikimedia Photo ID: 4439 Added: 30 January 2011 Filename: Dig_M26_... Views: 237 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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August 2005
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2: Upper rear right view
Taken: 7 August 2005 Contributor: S. Scarletti Photo ID: 2261 Added: 6 December 2009 Filename: Dig003_M... Views: 272 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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3: Front left view
Taken: 7 August 2005 Contributor: S. Scarletti Photo ID: 2257 Added: 6 December 2009 Filename: Dig012_M... Views: 284 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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4: Front right view
Taken: 7 August 2005 Contributor: S. Scarletti Photo ID: 2258 Added: 6 December 2009 Filename: Dig011_M... Views: 236 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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5: Right view
Taken: 7 August 2005 Contributor: S. Scarletti Photo ID: 2259 Added: 6 December 2009 Filename: Dig002_M... Views: 204 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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6: Rear view
Taken: 7 August 2005 Contributor: S. Scarletti Photo ID: 2260 Added: 6 December 2009 Filename: Dig013_M... Views: 645 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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July 1996
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7: Front right view
Taken: July 1996 Contributor: M. Viucci Photo ID: 2357 Added: 21 December 2009 Filename: Scan_M26... Views: 199 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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8: Front left view
Taken: July 1996 Contributor: M. Viucci Photo ID: 2358 Added: 21 December 2009 Filename: Scan_M26... Views: 570 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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9: Rear left view
Taken: July 1996 Contributor: M. Viucci Photo ID: 2359 Added: 21 December 2009 Filename: Scan_M26... Views: 959 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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December 1994
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10: Front right view
Taken: December 1994 Contributor: M. Viucci Photo ID: 2360 Added: 21 December 2009 Filename: Scan_M26... Views: 393 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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11: Front left view
Taken: December 1994 Contributor: M. Viucci Photo ID: 2361 Added: 21 December 2009 Filename: Scan_M26... Views: 191 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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