Preserved Tanks .com
    World Register of Surviving Historic Armoured Vehicles

Current Query: Full entry for the tank(s)/location: by Type and Update, Location & Update with Spare Photos, NavPix & Videos

Query Buttons: Full entry for this tank. All tanks of this type. All tanks at this location.


UNIQUE ID 1360: M56 SCORPION SELF-PROPELLED ANTI-TANK GUN

Mississippi Armed Forces Museum, Camp Shelby, USA

(Location: External Display Area)


Powered By Subgurim(http://googlemaps.subgurim.net).Google Maps ASP.NET
Powered By Subgurim(http://googlemaps.subgurim.net).Google Maps ASP.NET

MAP CONTROLS: Use slider or mousewheel to zoom, and hold down left mouse button to drag.
KEY: Location markers are coloured from Green meaning exact to Red meaning gone or unknown (details here)

Sample Photo from Tank with UniqueID 1360


Unique ID: 1360
Added to Database: 25 October 2010
Last Edited: 25 October 2010
Type (ID): M56 Scorpion (1935)
Model (ID): M56 Scorpion (1935)
Location Category (ID): Mississippi Armed Forces Museum (74100)
Location (ID): External Display Area (74110)
Serial Number:
Registration:
Name:
Other Identification:
Collection Reference:
Links:
References:
Associated Tanks:

Location History:
(see map)

1: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Vicksburg, USA (Dates unknown)
2: 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:

The label for this vehicle states: “This M-56 was provided to the Armed Forces Museum by the Army Corps of Engineers’ Water Experiment Station in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Restoration courtesy of the 3656th Maintenance Company”. 3656th Maintenance Company is part of the Mississippi National Guard and is based at Camp Shelby.


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

March 2009

Upper front left view
1: Upper front left view

Taken: 29 March 2009
Contributor: J. Daneri
Photo ID: 3824
Added: 26 October 2010
Filename: Dig_M56_...
Views: 281
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    

    

    

October 2008

Front right view, photo by J. Wentzel
2: Front right view, photo by J. Wentzel

Taken: 28 October 2008
Contributor: Flickr
Photo ID: 3842
Added: 30 October 2010
Filename: 37895970...
Views: 232
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    

 

Rear view, photo by J. Wentzel
3: Rear view, photo by J. Wentzel

Taken: 28 October 2008
Contributor: Flickr
Photo ID: 3843
Added: 30 October 2010
Filename: 37896000...
Views: 187
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    



 

Driver
4: Driver's position, photo by J. Wentzel

Taken: 28 October 2008
Contributor: Flickr
Photo ID: 3844
Added: 30 October 2010
Filename: 37887910...
Views: 180
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    



Gunner
5: Gunner's position, photo by J. Wentzel

Taken: 28 October 2008
Contributor: Flickr
Photo ID: 3845
Added: 30 October 2010
Filename: 37896029...
Views: 143
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
    



Exhibit label, photo by J. Wentzel
6: Exhibit label, photo by J. Wentzel

Taken: 28 October 2008
Contributor: Flickr
Photo ID: 3846
Added: 30 October 2010
Filename: 37887878...
Views: 137
Select/Has Priority: 21/0