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Unique ID: 1326 Added to Database: 11 September 2010 Last Edited: 4 January 2011 Type (ID): M47 Patton (1640) Model (ID): Italian Service (1645) Location Category (ID): National Armor and Cavalry Museum (60100) Location (ID): Sand Hill Storage (60150) Serial Number: 3200 (source: D. Moriarty). Registration: Name: Other Identification: T-shaped muzzle brake. Rebuild plate welded on rear hull. White stars painted on glacis and turret rear stowage box. Collection Reference: Links: References: Associated Tanks: Location History: (see map) 1: Detroit Tank Arsenal / TACOM, Warren, Macomb County, Michigan, USA (Primary manufacturer June 1951-November 1953) 2: Officine Fiore, Caserta, Caserta Province, Campania, Italy (Reworked probably in the 1970s or 1980s) 3: Ropkey Armor Museum, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana, USA (Until mid 2000s) 4: Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor, Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA (Until October 2010) 5: BRAC Transfer, Fort Knox, Hardin County, Kentucky, USA (Rail shipment 23 October 2010) 6: National Armor and Cavalry Museum, Fort Benning, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA (Current location) Text in original Preserved American Tanks publication: [No entry] Text in Preserved American Tanks Update: [No entry] Text in original Preserved Tanks In USA publication: This M47 is a former Italian Army vehicle. It was received in about the mid 2000’s in a shipment following a US Government repossession of loaned vehicles from the Ropkey Armour Museum, along with an M42 Duster, an M114 carrier and a towed 8 inch howitzer. (Source: D. Moriarty). They were seen in the Boatwright Maintenance Facility early in July 2008, but by 18th July 2008 they had been moved to Richardson Motor Pool (source: Geoff Walden). It has a data plate welded on the rear hull that reads: “OFFICINE FIORE S.M.C. CASERTA REV GENERALE 4.4.2.A” or similar. It was transported by train from Fort Knox to Fort Benning on 23 October 2010.

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October 2010 1: Left tank, on train for transport to Fort Benning Taken: 22 October 2010 Contributor: D. Moriarty Photo ID: 4191 Added: 4 January 2011 Filename: longtrai... Views: 336 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
September 2010 2: Front view Taken: September 2010 Contributor: D. Moriarty Photo ID: 3742 Added: 12 September 2010 Filename: Dig_M47_... Views: 291 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		3: Rear right view Taken: September 2010 Contributor: D. Moriarty Photo ID: 3741 Added: 11 September 2010 Filename: Dig_M47-... Views: 252 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		4: Close-up of Italian upgrade plate Taken: September 2010 Contributor: D. Moriarty Photo ID: 3743 Added: 12 September 2010 Filename: Dig_M47_... Views: 246 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
5: Close-up of muzzle brake Taken: September 2010 Contributor: D. Moriarty Photo ID: 3744 Added: 12 September 2010 Filename: Dig_M47S... Views: 216 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
February 2010 6: Location of Italian upgrade plate highlighted Taken: February 2010 Contributor: D. Moriarty Photo ID: 3745 Added: 12 September 2010 Filename: Dig_M47-... Views: 286 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
December 2009 7: Front left view, in Richardson Motor Pool Taken: 30 December 2009 Contributor: D. Moriarty Photo ID: 3740 Added: 11 September 2010 Filename: Dig_M47-... Views: 277 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
July 2008 8: Front right view, in Boatwright Maintenance Facility Taken: 3 July 2008 Contributor: Geoff Walden Photo ID: 3746 Added: 13 September 2010 Filename: P1010005... Views: 234 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		9: Rear right view Taken: 3 July 2008 Contributor: Geoff Walden Photo ID: 3747 Added: 13 September 2010 Filename: P1010007... Views: 229 Select/Has Priority: 21/0

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