The USA Historical AFV Register

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The USA Historical
AFV Register

Armored Fighting Vehicles Preserved
in the United States of America

V4.0 March 2016

Michel van Loon
Neil Baumgardner

For the AFV Association

Picture by Paul Hannah
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................ 3
ALABAMA.......................................................................................................... 5
ALASKA............................................................................................................ 16
ARIZONA.......................................................................................................... 20
ARKANSAS....................................................................................................... 24
CALIFORNIA..................................................................................................... 28
COLORADO........................................................................................................ 48
CONNECTICUT................................................................................................... 51
DELAWARE........................................................................................................ 53
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA................................................................................... 54
FLORIDA........................................................................................................... 55
GEORGIA........................................................................................................... 61
HAWAII............................................................................................................. 80
IDAHO............................................................................................................... 81
ILLINOIS........................................................................................................... 84
INDIANA........................................................................................................... 95
IOWA................................................................................................................ 105
KANSAS............................................................................................................. 109
KENTUCKY......................................................................................................... 118
LOUISIANA....................................................................................................... 128
MAINE............................................................................................................... 133
MARYLAND........................................................................................................ 135
MASSACHUSETTS.............................................................................................. 139
MICHIGAN......................................................................................................... 143
MINNESOTA...................................................................................................... 156
MISSISSIPPI..................................................................................................... 162
MISSOURI......................................................................................................... 170
MONTANA......................................................................................................... 176
NEBRASKA........................................................................................................ 178
NEVADA............................................................................................................ 185
NEW HAMPSHIRE.............................................................................................. 188
NEW JERSEY...................................................................................................... 189
NEW MEXICO..................................................................................................... 199
NEW YORK........................................................................................................ 201
NORTH CAROLINA............................................................................................. 211
NORTH DAKOTA................................................................................................ 216
OHIO................................................................................................................. 219
OKLAHOMA....................................................................................................... 229
OREGON............................................................................................................ 238
PENNSYLVANIA................................................................................................. 241
RHODE ISLAND................................................................................................. 256
SOUTH CAROLINA............................................................................................. 257
SOUTH DAKOTA................................................................................................. 261
TENNESSEE....................................................................................................... 262
TEXAS............................................................................................................... 267
UTAH................................................................................................................. 282
VERMONT.......................................................................................................... 284
VIRGINIA.......................................................................................................... 286
WASHINGTON................................................................................................... 297
WEST VIRGINIA................................................................................................ 301
WISCONSIN...................................................................................................... 303
WYOMING....................................................................................................... .. 320

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INTRODUCTION

Introduction & Purpose

The USA Historical AFV Register is intended to provide a cataloging of all of the historical Armored
Fighting Vehicles (AFV), including tanks, APCs and self-propelled artillery, etc that are on preserved
or otherwise displayed in museums or as monuments in the United States. As such the registry
ranges from the World War I-era Skeleton Tank to modern M1 Abrams tanks. However, the registry
is not intended to include modern AFVs that are still in service.

Format

The USA Historical AFV Register is organized by state and city or town as follows.

STATE

CITY OR TOWN
Location (GPS Coordinates)
AFV Model Man./User status Notes and/or location

Man./User denotes the original manufacturer (country) and various users, using three letter
country codes.

Status is denoted by one of the following codes.

ind = indoor display
out = outdoor display
std = stored (this can be either indoor our outdoor storage, but clearly not on display)
wre = wreck (typically vehicles recovered from a target range or simply in very bad condition)

Often, if there are a large number of AFVs on display in a particular town or military post, sub
listings are also provided, organized by location - museum, building, road, etc.

Many of the vehicles listed as “Unconfirmed” are from the “Central Registry” of donated vehicles
maintained by the U.S. Army's Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM). Many of
these vehicles donated to American Legion and VFW Posts may actually be located in local parks.
Additionally, many of the “Unconfirmed” World War II era vehicles – such as Sherman and Stuart
tanks – have since been moved or may no longer exist.

Additional information about a particular vehicle is often included in footnotes.

Serial Numbers (SN) and Registration Numbers, aka “USA” numbers (RN) are given when available.
Note that many M60 tanks have two SNs, the original one as built and an Anniston Army Depot
(AAD) rebuild SN (which ends in an A) or a Mainz Army Depot (MAD) SN (which ends in an M). For
British and Canadian WWII era vehicles, War Department (WD) Numbers are given when known, as
are post-war Vehicle Registration Numbers (VRN) for British vehicles.

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Sources

The USA Historical AFV Register is compiled from a number of sources. Firstly, the register is an
expansion of Leslie Delsing’s Wrecks and Relics in the USA tank registry, posted to the AFV News
Discussion Board on 22 May 2006. The register has also been greatly expanded thanks to
armyjunk2 and his copy of the TACOM Central Registry. Some of the other notable online sources
include the Waymarking Military Ground Equipment Displays site, the former Tanks for the
Memories geocaching site, The Sherman Register, Toadman’s Tank Pictures, Trevor Larkum's
Preserved Tanks, Robert Buettner’s War Memorials of Wisconsin, and Don Moriarty's The History of
the Ontos as well as forums and message groups such as the AFV News Discussion Board, G104
(the Sherman Register mailing list), G103 (dedicated to Stuart tanks), and G136 (dedicated to M8
Greyhound and M20 armored cars). Where possible, the origin of information on a particular
vehicle is denoted in footnotes. A large number of individual contributors, many of which are
credited throughout the registry, have provided invaluable information.

Note

All Serial Numbers, Registration Numbers, War Department Numbers, Vehicle Registration
Numbers, etc come from the public domain or directly from the owner with permission. Public
domain includes publicly visible areas of the vehicle (commonly stamped or marked on the
exterior) when on display, data plates if visible/open to display, or other public domain forums and
sources (such as reference works, the AFV News Discussion Board, G104, Sherman Register, etc).

Contact

If you have any comments or corrections, please send them to Michel van Loon at
[email protected], or simply post to the AFV News Discussion Board.

Copyright © Michel van Loon and Neil Baumgardner, 2006-2016

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ALABAMA

ABBEVILLE
Alabama ARNG Armory, armory st: N31 34.328 W085 14.645
M60A3 USA out SN 3828A, RN 9B72301

ALEXANDER CITY
Charles E. Bailey, Sr. Sportsplex, Elkahatchee State Park: N32 55.587 W085 58.619
M42A1 Duster USA out SN 2532
M47 Patton USA out SN 7002
M60A0 USA out SN 195

ANNISTON
Army Depot: N33 37.369 W085 58.253
M1 Abrams USA out
M42B1E9 Sherman USA out 2
M48 Patton USA out
M48A1 Patton USA out
M48A3 Patton USA/VNM out ex-ARVN
M4A3(76)HVSS Sherman USA out RN 9A0001
M60 USA out
M60A1 USA out
M60A2 USA out

Former Fort McClellan, 4th St & 3rd Ave: N33 44.037 W085 47.339
M103 USA out SN 773 3

Headquarters Building, 7 Frankford Ave?:
M1917 USA out 4

U.S. Army Center for Military History Storage Facility: N33 37.369 W085 58.253
2S1 Gvozdika SOV out 5
BMP-2 SOV out 6
BRDM-2 SOV/IRQ std
BRDM-2 SOV out 7
BTR-50 SOV out
BTR-60 PB SOV out 8

1 Former M60A1 SN 3637, identified by Joe_D, Afv Discussion Board, 09/2010
2 Flamethrower tank; former M4A2A1
3 Joe_D, Afv Discussion Board, 11/2009
4 Recovered from Pelham Range c1980
5 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
6 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
7 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
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Chieftain Mk 1 GBR/DEU out 9
Churchill Mk III GBR out 10
HSTV-L USA std 11
JgPz IV L/70 DEU out 12
JPK DEU out 13
Leopard 1 Type IIA DEU out SN 10586/T36 14
LVT7 hull USA std 15
M.13/40 ITA out 16
M1 Grizzly prototype USA out G001 (SN 1?) 17
M103 USA std 18
M103A2 USA out SN 796 19
M108 USA std 20
M109A3 USA std 21
M110 USA std
M110 USA std
M110 USA std 22
M110 USA std 23
M15 Half-Track GMC USA std
M16 Half-Track GMC USA out RN 405095424
M1922 Medium A USA std 25
M20 USA std 26
M24 Chaffee USA std
M26 Pershing USA std RN 3010326927
M26 Pershing USA std SN 1602 RN 3012934828

8 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
9 Gift of the German BWB, along with the Leopard 1 prototype. Formerly located at Cologne, Germany. Comes
from the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
10 Shipped to U.S. for tests at Yuma, and then to APG for retention by museum. Gift of British Ministry of Supply
in Washington, 1944,” according to Tank Data (Old Greenwhich, Conn.: WE, Inc: c1969), 17, as well as the
Ordnance Museum Guide CD. Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
11 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
12 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
13 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
14 Prototype Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
15 Missing tracks. Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
16 Formerly at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
17 Prototype, Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground
18 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (Possible, there was no record
of a M103 at Aberdeen)
19 Formerly at the VFW Post 924, 100 U. S. Highway 431, which has closed.
20 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
21 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
22 Formerly at Detroit Arsenal Warren, MI
23 Hull only, barrel is lying near the vehicle. Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving
Ground, MD
24 Without guns; formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
25 Only one build. Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
26 Has signs on it from the Fredericks County Sheriff department (MD)
27 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
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M3 Lee/Grant hull USA std SN 727
M32A1B3 USA std 29
M3A5 Lee USA std SN 1355, RN 305425 30
M41 Walker Bulldog USA std 31
M42 Duster USA out SN 1253 32
M47 Patton USA std
M47 Patton USA out SN 499 33
M47 Patton USA std SN 8089 34
M4A1(76) HVSS Sherman USA std SN 68827, RN 3012680635
M4A2(76)HVSS DD Sherman USA std SN 69278, RN 3012975736
M4A3(76)HVSS Sherman USA std SN 61438, RN 3011446037
M5 Stuart USA std
M55 USA std 38
M551 Sheridan USA std
M551 Sheridan USA std
M551 Sheridan USA std
M59 USA std
M59 USA out 39
M5A1 Stuart USA std SN 6490, RN 304960240
M60A0 USA std
M60A0 USA std
M60A0 USA std
M60A0 USA std
M60A0 USA std
M60A0 USA std
M60A0 USA std SN 7, RN 9B310241

28 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. Used to be on the mile of
tanks, date of acquisition 20/06/1950 (Rick Eshleman, Afv Discussion Board, 07/2015)
29 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
30 Joe DeMarco (G104, 4/2004). Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
31 Formerly at the US Ordnance museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
32 Joe_D, Afv Discussion Board, 11/2009. Formerly at Fort McClellan, Al
33 Joe_D, Afv Discussion Board, 11/2009. Formerly at Fort McClellan, Al
34 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
35 Used by the French army, carried the name “Niederbronn” (probably in honor of a WWII Sherman of the
same name). Was later used as a monument in Bad Kissingen by the 14th Armored Cavalry Regiment and 1st
Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. Arrived at APG c1/2006. SN from Joe DeMarco (G104, 3/2006).
Formerly at Aberdeen Proving Ground.
36 This tank has an HVSS suspension and a 76mm gun. It was built by Fisher and is SN 69278, accepted in May
1945, the final month of production (Joe DeMarco). It is one of two pilot models that were built on British
request. Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
37 Railhead 9/2005 Joe DeMarco (G104, 8/2003). Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen
Proving Ground, MD
38 Formerly at TACOM Warren, MI
39 Joe_D, Afv Discussion Board, 11/2009. Formerly at Fort McClellan, Al
40 Kurt Laughlin (G103, 6/2003). See also Hunnicutt, Stuart (San Francisco: Presidio Press, 1992), 364. Formerly
at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground,MD
41 Has 3 shocks per side. Training and test vehicle used at Yuma Proving Ground, according to the Ordnance
Museum Guide CD. Earliest known existing M60. Unique shock configuration identified by Joe D (12/2006).
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M60A2 USA std
M60A2 USA std SN 4430 42
M60A3 USA std SN 299 43
M60A3 USA out SN 849, RN JJ03QS44
M7 Medium Tank USA std RN 309506645
M75 USA std 46
M8 Armored Gun System USA std 47
M992 CP USA out 48
M992 FAASV USA std SN 129 49
Matilda II GBR out 50
MBT-70 USA std 51
MBT-70 USA out SN 3, RN 09A0056752
Mk A Whippet GBR out 53
Mk IV Female GBR out 54
MT-LB SOV std
MT-LB SOV out 55
PT-76 SOV out 56
PT-76B SOV out 57
PzJg 38(t) Marder III Ausf M DEU out 58
PzJg Nashorn DEU out 59
PzJg V Jagdpanther DEU out SN 303018 60

Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
42 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
43 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
44 SN and RN by Joe_D, Afv Discussion Board, 09/2009. Formerly at Fort McClellan, Al
45 Only survivor. Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
46 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
47 Appears to have been a former live fire/survivability prototype. Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum,
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
48 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
49 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
50 Captured at El Alamein. Lost to the Germans in a battle at Sidi Rezag-Halfaya Pass in November 1941, re-
marked by the Germans and used as a pill box at the same pass until recaptured by the British after the battle
of El Alamein in October 1942. Sent to the US as part of reverse Lend-Lease scrap shipments in 1943 and
diverted from Brooklyn, N.Y. to the museum in 1944” (Ordnance Museum Guide CD and Tank Data, 9).
Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
51 Formerly at TACOM Warren, MI
52 Pilot No. 3 ex-Patton Mus. acquired from the Fort Knox Patton Museum in 1971, in exchange for the King
Tiger. Painted RN is from a picture of Pilot No. 5. Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen
Proving Ground, MD.
53 Arrived at APG 1917. One of five surviving examples in the world.
Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.
54 One of six surv. examples. Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD
55 Identified by Joe_D, Afv Discussion Board, 09/2009. Formerly at Fort McClellan, AL
56 Formerly at the US army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
57 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
58 Recovered from Tunisia. Ordnance Museum Guide CD and Tank Data, 69. Formerly at the US Army Ordnance
Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
59 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
60 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
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PzKpfw III Ausf L DEU out 61
PzKpfw IV Ausf FG DEU out 62
StuG III Ausf G DEU out 63
StuH 42 DEU out 64
SU-100 SOV out 65
SU-76M SOV out 66
T-34/85 SOV out 67
T-34/85 SOV out 68
T-54 USA std
T-54 SOV out SN 5204E019 69
T165E2 Ontos USA std SN 19 70
T25E1 Medium Tank USA std SN 40, RN 3010326971
T2 Medium Tank USA std 72
T30 Heavy Tank USA std SN 1, RN 3016284273
T37 Phase II Light Tank USA std 74
T42 Medium Tank USA std 75
T43 Heavy Tank USA std 76
T54E1 Medium Tank USA std 77
T59 APC USA out 78
T71 GMC USA std SN 76, RN 4017740479
T92 Light Tank USA out SN 3? 80

61 Recovered from Tunisia, Ordnance Museum Guide CD and Tank Data, 41. Formerly at the US Army Ordnance
Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
62 Hydrostatic drive prot. PzKpfw IV Ausf FG mit hydrostatischen Antrieb, only one built. “It was discovered
placed as a pill box near the factory,” according to the Ordnance Museum Guide CD, as well as Tank Data, 55.
See also Achtung Panzer! Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
63 Recovered from Italy, Tank Data, 77. Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground,
MD
64 Recovered from France. Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
65 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
66 Captured in Korea, Ordnance Museum Guide CD. Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen
Proving Ground, MD
67 Model 1945. Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
68 Model 1945, Sectionalized. Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
69 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
70 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground,MD
71 Formerly at Aberdeen Proving Ground.
72 Only one built. Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
73 One of four surviving T30 heavy tank pilots. Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving
Ground, MD
74 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Maryland Blvd, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
75 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
76 Formerly at TACOM Warren, MI
77 Only surviving pilot? Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
78 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground.
79 Slugger M36 pilot, Has RN 40177404 (Joe DeMarco, G104, 4/2004). Currently located outside the
Warehouse.
Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
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T95 Medium Tank USA std RN 9B2030
Type 1 (Type 97) Ho-Ni JPN out 81
Type 653 CHN/IRQ out 82
Type 69 CHN/IRQ std
Type 89B I-Go Otsu JPN out 83
Type 95 Ha-Go JPN out 84
Vickers Medium Tank Mk II GBR out 85
XM 577 USA std 86
XM247 Sergeant York USA std
XM247 Sergeant York USA std SN AID251 87
XM800W ARSV? USA std 88
XM800W ARSV? USA std 89

U.S. Army Center for Military History Storage Facility. Former Fort Snelling Military Museum
collection: N33 37.369 W085 58.25390
M106 USA out
M108 USA out
M109A3 USA out
M110A2 USA out SN BMY363
M110A2 USA out SN BMY498
M114 USA out
M114 USA out
M26 Pershing USA/FRA out SN 370
M29 Weasel USA wre

80 Records indicate that only these two models were ever constructed but here we have a mystery - the
museum's tank is 'number 3'(Ordnance Museum Guide CD). Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum,
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
81 Captured either on Luzon in the Philippines or on Okinawa, according to conflicting sources. According to
Andrei M. Tomczyk, Japanese Armor, Volume 5 (Gdansk, Poland: AJ Press, 2006), p 4 (and supported by
Preserved Japanese Tanks, p 27), the Ho-Ni served with the “2nd Company, 2nd Self-Propelled Artillery
Regiment, and captured by the American 37th Infantry Division near Aritao (Luzon, Philippines) on April 6,
1945.” However, Ordnance Museum records and the Ordnance Museum Guide CD claim it was captured on
Okinawa from the 27th Tank Regiment. Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving
Grounds, MD
82 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
83 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
84 The museum specimen was captured on Attu, Alaska and, in 1943, was the first Japanese tank to be brought
to Aberdeen” (Ordnance Museum Guide CD and Tank Data, 127). Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum,
Aberdeen Proving Grounds.
85 Captured by the Germans and used until lost in the North African campaign, then shipped to the U.S. via
reverse lend-lease scrap shipments in 1943 and diverted for the Ordnance Museum from Brooklyn, N.Y.”
(Ordnance Museum Guide CD, as well as Tank Data, 5). Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen
Proving Ground, MD
86 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. APG received this piece from
the Army museum at Fort Monmouth, N.J., July 14.
87 Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
88 Formerly at TACOM Warren, MI
89 1 of 4 build. Formerly at the US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
90 Vehicles transferred from Fort Snelling museum, exact whereabouts need to be confirmed
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