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UNIQUE ID 741: M12 SELF-PROPELLED HOWITZER

U.S. Army Artillery Museum, Fort Sill, USA

(Location: Museum Building)


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Unique ID: 741
Added to Database: December 2008
Last Edited: 21 February 2014
Type (ID): M12 (1290)
Model (ID): M12 (1290)
Location Category (ID): U.S. Army Artillery Museum (86100)
Location (ID): Museum Building (86100)
Serial Number:
Registration: W-4055526: “USA 4055526” painted on rear superstructure sides.
Name: “Adolf’s Assassin” painted on superstructure sides.
Other Identification: “1A 991F”? painted on hull front.
Collection Reference:
Links: AFVNDB 1
AFVNDB 2
References:
Associated Tanks:

Location History:
(see map)

1: Pressed Steel Car Company, Hegewisch, Chicago, Illinois, USA (Sole manufacturer 1942)
2: Maryland Boulevard, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Harford County, Maryland, USA (Until November 2010)
3: U.S. Army Artillery Museum, Fort Sill, Lawton, Oklahoma, USA (Current location)


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Text in original Preserved Tanks In USA publication:

This M12 was transferred from the Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Ground in November 2010 and then underwent restoration at the maintenance facility at Fort Sill (source: P.-O. Buan/G. Blaker via AFVNDB). It had previously been on display on Maryland Boulevard.


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2011

Front left view
1: Front left view

Taken: 2011
Contributor: Fort Sill Museum
Photo ID: 9205
Added: 21 February 2014
Filename: 2_M12_Si...
Views: 198
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Front left view
2: Front left view

Taken: 2011
Contributor: Fort Sill Museum
Photo ID: 9206
Added: 21 February 2014
Filename: 1_M12_Si...
Views: 1277
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July 1983

Left view
3: Left view

Taken: 9 July 1983
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 1096
Added: 23 December 2008
Filename: Scan_M12...
Views: 226
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Front right view
4: Front right view

Taken: 9 July 1983
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 1097
Added: 23 December 2008
Filename: Scan_M12...
Views: 1732
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Right view
5: Right view

Taken: 9 July 1983
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 1098
Added: 23 December 2008
Filename: Scan_M12...
Views: 1300
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Rear left view
6: Rear left view

Taken: 9 July 1983
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 1099
Added: 23 December 2008
Filename: Scan_M12...
Views: 352
Select/Has Priority: 21/0