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TrevorLarkum · Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 11:44 pm Post subject: Re: Preserved Tanks in Italy

I am taking some time out from working on Fort Knox/BRAC to write up locations and tanks in Italy (with photo's from Massimo) that have been waiting their turn for some time.

First off, the Bari Memorial:

Sacrario Militare dei Caduti d'Oltremare, Bari

[img]http://preservedtanks.com/Albums/American/1350-M4A1%20%2876%29%20Sherman/R_M4A1_Sacrario_SRadogna_c.jpg[/img]

M4A1 76, L3/35, M14/41

TrevorLarkum · Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 12:27 pm Post subject: Re: Preserved Tanks in Italy

Next one:

Caserma M.O. Felice Trizio, Altamura

L3/33

Pzkpfw-e · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jul 21, 2010 Posts: 1202

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Since we are talking about Cecchignola, there are two vehicles I was unable to identify, they sit in an area together with a few prototypes covered by a few years of dust.

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Massimo

Got you an ID on this one.
" The wheeled vehicle was an experimental vehicle from 1957, built by FIAT"
From "schliesser92" on the HMVF forums.

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:25 pm Post subject: Re: Preserved Tanks in Italy

Thanks!

Massimo

TrevorLarkum · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:58 pm Post subject: Re: Preserved Tanks in Italy

Next one:

Caserma Fratelli De Carli, Cordenons

M4, M4 Firefly, L3/33, L3/35, M15/42

VonForhud · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Mar 17, 2010 Posts: 162

I didnt think Fireflys had rubbertracks?

Those were pretty useless in the snow.

Roy_A_Lingle · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:58 am Post subject: Re: Preserved Tanks in Italy

Hi Trevor! Hi Folks!

- TrevorLarkum

- Roy_A_Lingle

...is listed as a M4 (105) Sherman is not a 105 assault gun. It is a M4A2 or M4A3 (Wet) 75mm gun vehicle.

Roy, the text says it's a 105mm hull and turret fitted with a 75mm gun - can you see something that contradicts this?

Unique ID 1065: Bologna Sherman

I was going by the type of main gun, spacing of the bogies and the one picture which made me think it was an A2 or A3.
Now that I have seen the Unique ID web page, I understand why they are calling it a 105.

Don't mind me, one again, I am confuzed by the Sherman tank!
Sgt, Scouts Out!

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:11 am Post subject: Re: Preserved Tanks in Italy

Looks like we found another Sherman used as a monument inside a barrack. This is in Salerno and wasn't listed on Ferrea Mole website. You can see it on Google Maps:
maps.google.ch/maps/ms...1b198d034f

Should have a cast hull

Massimo

TrevorLarkum · Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 9:25 pm Post subject: Re: Preserved Tanks in Italy

Any more info or pictures, Massimo? Did you just come across it?

This looks like it on Bing:

www.bing.com/maps/?v=2...C14.789239

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 9:54 pm Post subject: Re: Preserved Tanks in Italy

We should get a pictures, but it's a very poor one, taken from outside the barracks.

Massimo

TrevorLarkum · Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 2:40 pm Post subject: Re: Preserved Tanks in Italy

Updated with more recent photos (from Wikipedia):

Museo Peppone e Don Camillo, Brescello

M26 Pershing

TrevorLarkum · Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 7:38 pm Post subject: Re: Preserved Tanks in Italy

Updated with more recent photos (from Wikipedia):

Price of Peace Monument, Ortona

M4 Sherman

TrevorLarkum · Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 1:06 am Post subject: Re: Preserved Tanks in Italy

A new entry - a StuG at Castiglion Fiorentino. This one has some history to it, which always makes the write-up and mapping more interesting, plus there's a range of photo's over many years (for very old photos click on the links on the StuG's profile page):

Piazzale Garibaldi, Castiglion Fiorentino, Arezzo

StuG III

TrevorLarkum · Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:55 pm Post subject: Re: Preserved Tanks in Italy

An update with new photos of the Semovente (from Angeli Quinto via Massimo) and a location pic from Google Street View:

Parco Tematico dell’Aviazione, Rimini

[img]http://preservedtanks.com/Albums/Italian/5400-Semovente%20da%2075%2318/20089_Semovente_Rimini_AQuinto_c.jpg[/img]

Semovente M42, T-55AM

Hanno_Spoelstra · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jun 04, 2006 Posts: 185

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Price of Peace Monument, Ortona

Thanks for helping the world remember this tank's true ‘Cookie’ identity!

H.

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