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UNIQUE ID 1934: M46 PATTON TANK

The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Britain

(Location: World War 2)


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Unique ID: 1934
Added to Database: 24 December 2011
Last Edited: 22 March 2012
Type (ID): M46 Patton (1635)
Model (ID): M46 (1635)
Location Category (ID): The Tank Museum - Public Areas (3000)
Location (ID): World War 2 (3010)
Serial Number: “559” or similar stamped into front towing lugs.
Registration: “30163515” was at one time painted on the tank (source: Tank Museum Record).
Name:
Other Identification: “B1065” cast into left of mantlet. “73 ∆” and “C 22” painted on upper glacis. Allied stars painted on turret sides. Tiger face emblem painted on glacis.
Collection Reference: E1962.23. (Accession 2362, Entry 1962.1005).
Links: Museum Vehicle Record
References:
Associated Tanks:

Location History:
(see map)

1: USA (Country of origin)
2: Directorate of Tank Design, Chertsey, Surrey, South East England, Britain (1951)
3: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)


Text in original Preserved American Tanks publication:

[No entry]

Text in Preserved American Tanks Update:

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Text in original Preserved Tanks In Britain publication:

This M46 was supplied to Great Britain for evaluation, and is believed to have been tested at FVRDE in 1951, as tank test 4094 (source: Museum Vehicle Record). It was put on the museum books in 1962, and now has a tiger face painted on the glacis plate, as seen on examples that served in the Korean War.


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March 2011

Front left view
1: Front left view

Taken: 8 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7178
Added: 24 March 2012
Filename: 58316625...
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October 2008

Front right view
2: Front right view

Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6207
Added: 24 December 2011
Filename: P1030675...
Views: 128
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Front view
3: Front view

Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6208
Added: 24 December 2011
Filename: P1030676...
Views: 229
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Front left view
4: Front left view

Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6209
Added: 24 December 2011
Filename: P1030677...
Views: 262
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Left view
5: Left view

Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6210
Added: 24 December 2011
Filename: P1030689...
Views: 115
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Rear left view
6: Rear left view

Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6211
Added: 24 December 2011
Filename: P1030690...
Views: 126
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Front view
7: Front view

Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6212
Added: 24 December 2011
Filename: P1040075...
Views: 90
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Close-up
8: Close-up

Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6213
Added: 24 December 2011
Filename: P1030683...
Views: 115
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Serial number stamped into towing lug
9: Serial number stamped into towing lug

Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6214
Added: 24 December 2011
Filename: P1030684...
Views: 105
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Mantlet casting marking
10: Mantlet casting marking

Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6215
Added: 24 December 2011
Filename: P1030679...
Views: 105
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October 1982

Right view
11: Right view

Taken: 26 October 1982
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6726
Added: 12 February 2012
Filename: Scan_M46...
Views: 135
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