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Capt. Cheatham Sergeant Major Registered: July 2007 Location: Jacksonville, Florida (well, actually, Middleburg, Florida, USA) Posts: 501	King Tiger Chassis with 128mm anti-tank gun. Largest armor piece constructed in WWII. Got 1/2 mile to the gallon.
	· Date: Fri 31 8, 2007 · Views: 872 · Filesize: 61.0kb · Dimensions: 800 x 600 ·
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mineman65

Registered: February 2005
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Posts: 11,438

Fri 31 8, 2007 10:02

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Which museum is this?

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PanzerBob

Registered: January 2007
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Posts: 3,234

Fri 31 8, 2007 20:05

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U.S. Army Ordnance Corps Museum at Aberdeen Proving Ground

http://www.ordmusfound.org/index.htm

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Capt. Cheatham

Sergeant Major

Registered: July 2007
Location: Jacksonville, Florida (well, actually, Middleburg, Florida, USA)
Posts: 501

Fri 31 8, 2007 21:43

That is correct, PanzerBob. I knew that you would know! BTW, I believe that is a StuG in the background.

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PanzerBob

Registered: January 2007
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Posts: 3,234

Sat 1 9, 2007 21:27

Close, it's a StuH III Ausf G mounting a 10.5cm Gun, a Sturmhaubitze 42 Ausf G - SdKfz 142/2

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"Whenever in future wars the battle is fought, panzer troops will play the decisive role..."
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Colonel

Registered: April 2005
Location: Inverclyde, Scotland
Posts: 1,528

Mon 3 9, 2007 16:16

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This vehicle belonged to Schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung 653 (Heavy Tankhunter Battalion 653). Note the battle damage to the Jagdtigers gun mantlet. You can read about this vehicle here:

http://www.thirdreichruins.com/spjabt653.htm

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Capt. Cheatham

Sergeant Major

Registered: July 2007
Location: Jacksonville, Florida (well, actually, Middleburg, Florida, USA)
Posts: 501

Mon 3 9, 2007 18:50

You guys are amazing!

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