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UNIQUE ID 1350: M42 DUSTER SELF-PROPELLED ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN

Mississippi Armed Forces Museum, Camp Shelby, USA

(Location: Primary Storage Area)


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Unique ID: 1350
Added to Database: 25 October 2010
Last Edited: 25 October 2010
Type (ID): M42 Duster (1112)
Model (ID): M42 (1112)
Location Category (ID): Mississippi Armed Forces Museum (74100)
Location (ID): Primary Storage Area (74120)
Serial Number: 380 (source: Tanklord).
Registration: “U S ARMY 40227677” painted on glacis and side stowage boxes.
Name:
Other Identification: White stars painted on glacis, hull rear and side stowage boxes.
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Location History:
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1: American Car and Foundry Company, Berwick, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA (Manufactured between April 1952-December 1953)
2: Louisiana Museum of Military History, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA (Until 2000)
3: Lafayette Asphalt Company, Elks, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA (Until 2008/9)
4: Mississippi Armed Forces Museum, Camp Shelby, Forrest County, Mississippi, 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 M42 was previously in the Louisiana Museum of Military History, after which it went into storage at Lafayette Asphalt Co. (source: Tanklord). According to its data plate it was manufactured by the American Car and Foundry Company. It is in a poor and rusted condition.


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March 2009

Front right view
1: Front right view

Taken: 29 March 2009
Contributor: J. Daneri
Photo ID: 3813
Added: 26 October 2010
Filename: Dig_M42_...
Views: 183
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August 2007

Front left view
2: Front left view

Taken: 12 August 2007
Contributor: Tanklord
Photo ID: 3926
Added: 2 November 2010
Filename: 100-0075...
Views: 128
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Front right view
3: Front right view

Taken: 12 August 2007
Contributor: Tanklord
Photo ID: 3927
Added: 2 November 2010
Filename: 100-0072...
Views: 162
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Rear left view
4: Rear left view

Taken: 12 August 2007
Contributor: Tanklord
Photo ID: 3928
Added: 2 November 2010
Filename: 100-0070...
Views: 133
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Rear view
5: Rear view

Taken: 12 August 2007
Contributor: Tanklord
Photo ID: 3929
Added: 2 November 2010
Filename: 100-0071...
Views: 449
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Data plate
6: Data plate

Taken: 12 August 2007
Contributor: Tanklord
Photo ID: 3930
Added: 2 November 2010
Filename: 100-0073...
Views: 123
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