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Unique ID:
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330
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Added to Database:
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July 2008
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Last Edited:
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5 January 2014
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Type (ID):
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Kampfpanzer 70 (440)
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Model (ID):
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MBT-70 (772)
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Location Category (ID):
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U.S. Army Ordnance Museum (70050)
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Location (ID):
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Display Park (70060)
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Serial Number: |
“A-00003” marked in weld metal on glacis plate, indicating Pilot 3 (but “NO. 5” painted on aft hull sides).
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Registration: |
09A003 67 (but “09A 005 67” painted on aft hull sides).
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Other Identification: |
“NON-BALLISTIC” marked in weld metal on glacis plate. “U.S. ARMY” painted on aft hull sides. White stars painted on forward turret sides.
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AFVNDB
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Location History:
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1: Krauss-Maffei GmbH, Munich, Germany (Deutsche Entwicklungs-Gesellschaft mbH consortium - DEG - also included MaK plus Rheinstahl-Henschel and Lutherwerke) 2: Detroit Tank Arsenal / TACOM, Warren, Macomb County, Michigan, USA (Estimated mid/late 1970s) 3: Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor, Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA (Until early 1990s) 4: U.S. Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Harford County, Maryland, USA (Current location)
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Text in original Preserved German Tanks publication:
This prototype, serial number 09A003, is on display beside Old Ironsides Avenue. It was acquired from TACOM at Detroit, Michigan. It is made of non-ballistic steel and has large weights welded onto its turret for testing purposes. The rubber parts of its tracks and roadwheels are largely perished.
Text in Preserved German Tanks Update:
This MBT-70 was moved from Fort Knox to Aberdeen Proving Ground in the early 1990s in a trade for the APG King Tiger. It was initially displayed in front of the Ordnance Museum, then on the ‘Mile of Tanks’. It has been mistakenly labeled as Pilot No. 5, reg number 09A 005 67, probably by copying from the picture of that vehicle in Hunnicutt’s Abrams book. (Source: N. Baumgardner/AFVNDB).
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October 2012
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1: Front left view
Taken: 1 October 2012 Contributor: R.S. Eshleman Photo ID: 9192 Added: 5 January 2014 Filename: img1795_... Views: 488 Select/Has Priority: 22/0
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2: Close-up of glacis markings
Taken: 1 October 2012 Contributor: R.S. Eshleman Photo ID: 9193 Added: 5 January 2014 Filename: img1796_... Views: 214 Select/Has Priority: 22/0
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September 2007
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3: Front left view, photo by M. Pellegrini
Taken: 19 September 2007 Contributor: Wikimedia Photo ID: 8629 Added: 25 August 2012 Filename: 1_MBT-70... Views: 313 Select/Has Priority: 22/0
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4: Front view, photo by M. Pellegrini
Taken: 19 September 2007 Contributor: Wikimedia Photo ID: 8630 Added: 25 August 2012 Filename: 2_MBT-70... Views: 942 Select/Has Priority: 22/0
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July 2007
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5: Right view, photo by Fat yankee
Taken: 5 July 2007 Contributor: Wikimedia Photo ID: 8631 Added: 25 August 2012 Filename: 0007rb5r... Views: 709 Select/Has Priority: 22/0
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6: Rear left view, photo by Fat yankee
Taken: 5 July 2007 Contributor: Wikimedia Photo ID: 8632 Added: 25 August 2012 Filename: 0007s3qe... Views: 492 Select/Has Priority: 22/0
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June 1983
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7: Front right view
Taken: 30 June 1983 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 1276 Added: 23 May 2009 Filename: Scan_MBT... Views: 293 Select/Has Priority: 1/0
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8: Right view
Taken: 30 June 1983 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 2752 Added: 17 March 2010 Filename: Scan_MBT... Views: 288 Select/Has Priority: 20/0
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9: Rear right view
Taken: 30 June 1983 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 2753 Added: 17 March 2010 Filename: Scan_MBT... Views: 2771 Select/Has Priority: 20/0
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10: Left view
Taken: 30 June 1983 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 2754 Added: 17 March 2010 Filename: Scan_MBT... Views: 275 Select/Has Priority: 20/0
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11: Front left view
Taken: 30 June 1983 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 2755 Added: 17 March 2010 Filename: Scan_MBT... Views: 254 Select/Has Priority: 20/0
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12: Front view
Taken: 30 June 1983 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 2756 Added: 17 March 2010 Filename: Scan_MBT... Views: 301 Select/Has Priority: 20/0
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