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Fort Lewis #1: Museum M551 Sheridan, M728
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Neil_Baumgardner
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Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:13 am Post subject: Fort Lewis #1: Museum M551 Sheridan, M728
M551 Sheridan - looks like its SN 12, RN 13C507. But I suspect this is a former 2nd ACR Museum Sheridan? Mods are too recent to have served with 2-1 Cavalry right? Kinda blurry, but pretty sure it says 12? M728 - SN 75 Neil

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Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:32 pm Post subject: Re: Fort Lewis #1: Museum M551 Sheridan, M728
Nice pics. _________________ Trevor Dr Trevor Larkum Preserved Tanks: PreservedTanks.com Armour Archive: ArmourArchive.co.uk EVs

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Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 1:11 pm Post subject: Re: Fort Lewis #1: Museum M551 Sheridan, M728
Yeah really, that Sheridan is one sweet @$$ ride!

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Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 2:28 pm Post subject: Re: Fort Lewis #1: Museum M551 Sheridan, M728
- JeffStringer Yeah really, that Sheridan is one sweet @$$ ride! Sure is, remarkably complete and in remarkable condition. Even the water barrier covers are apparently intact (not rotted, look serviceable).

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Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 3:27 am Post subject: Re: Fort Lewis #1: Museum M551 Sheridan, M728
BTW, Joe, There are another six M728s in a boneyard near the Range Control, along with a bunch of M901s. Unfortunately, they were behind a fence & locked... Neil

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Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 2:43 pm Post subject: Re: Fort Lewis #1: Museum M551 Sheridan, M728
My guess would be that this came from the 82nd AB. Because it has recent mods and because it lacks the mine protection kit. _________________ "TUMBLEWEED"

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Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 5:33 pm Post subject: Re: Fort Lewis #1: Museum M551 Sheridan, M728
When did the 2nd ACR give up their Sheridans? Was it before the mods? Neil

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Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 11:26 pm Post subject: Re: Fort Lewis #1: Museum M551 Sheridan, M728
I'm pretty sure all of the 2nd ACR Sheridans would have had mine kits. I believe the 82nd AB left them off because of the added weight. This Sheridan also has the slave receptacle outside which I think would date it well after the 2nd ACR had them. This one also has a new style headlight guard that I've only seen on 82AB Sheridans. This is an M551A1. _________________ "TUMBLEWEED"

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Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 12:30 am Post subject: Re: Fort Lewis #1: Museum M551 Sheridan, M728
Neil, any chance I could add your many and varied Fort Lewis photo's to the PreservedTanks.com entry? Fort Lewis _________________ Trevor Dr Trevor Larkum Preserved Tanks: PreservedTanks.com Armour Archive: ArmourArchive.co.uk EVs

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Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 4:18 am
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Hi,

Trevor...this may be useful:

M551A1 - Ft. Lewis, WA. Located at the (temporarily closed) Post Museum, outside. I'm going to call her "The Tattooed Lady" because of all the markings on her. I've never seen more stamped-in numbers on any vehicle, however her S/N appears to be 12.

Registration number, I suspect:

No idea what these are. Never seen them on any other Sheridan. "27" upper left, "694" underneath that, "TOI" on upper right, and an "8" below that. These are located on the upper edge of the right rear slope, next to the engine access hatch. Probably mean nothing, but maybe... Wink

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Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 11:34 pm
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- C_Sherman

Hi,

Trevor...this may be useful:

M551A1 - Ft. Lewis, WA. Located at the (temporarily closed) Post Museum, outside. I'm going to call her "The Tattooed Lady" because of all the markings on her. I've never seen more stamped-in numbers on any vehicle, however her S/N appears to be 12.

...

Enjoy!

Chuck

Thanks, Chuck - added:

Unique ID 1396: Fort Lewis M551A1 Sheridan

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