36th Engineers and giant German tank
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I would assume that the (former) Aberdeen Jagdtiger (serial number 305020) has been moved since I saw it in late 2011. They were about 75% done moving everything at the time I had a meeting up there. Now as to where, that I am not sure. They moved most of the vehcles to Fort Lee, the new location of the Army Ordnance Museum. In Wikipedia (the knower of all things) it says this, however:

  • Jagdtiger serial number 305020

National Armor & Cavalry Museum in Fort Benning, Georgia. It was produced in October, 1944 and was attached to the s.Pz.Jg.Abt 653 and had the vehicle number 331. The vehicle was captured near Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Germany in March 1945. Damage is still visible on the gun mantlet, glacis plate, and lower nose armor. This vehicle used the late version nine-tooth sprocket ring,[14] for use with the 'contact shoe' and 'connector link' style continuous track it shared with the Tiger II.

Why they would move this one piece to Fort Benning and not Fort Lee with the rest, I don't know. It wasn't there at Ft Benning the last time I was there in early 2012.

 

Found this photo here. This is not the same JT, to my knowledge.

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Here is another one I took of the track and suspension.

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All of my Aberdeen photos.

Maj Todd O. USMC, Retired
Grandson of LTC John O'Brien
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36th Engineers and giant German tank - by JTM - 09-16-2013, 01:21 PM
36th Engineers and giant German tank - by JTM - 09-17-2013, 09:28 AM
36th Engineers and giant German tank - by JTM - 09-17-2013, 12:56 PM
36th Engineers and giant German tank - by Keith - 03-04-2014, 07:43 PM
36th Engineers and giant German tank - by Keith - 03-07-2014, 10:41 AM
36th Engineers and giant German tank - by JTM - 03-07-2014, 02:23 PM
36th Engineers and giant German tank - by JTM - 03-08-2014, 05:07 PM
36th Engineers and giant German tank - by CaptO - 03-10-2014, 03:45 AM
36th Engineers and giant German tank - by Keith - 03-11-2014, 07:10 PM
36th Engineers and giant German tank - by CaptO - 03-11-2014, 08:58 PM
36th Engineers and giant German tank - by Keith - 03-12-2014, 10:49 AM
36th Engineers and giant German tank - by JTM - 03-13-2014, 02:15 PM

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