Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles in the USA: Maine: Augusta, Bangor, Howland, Kennebunkport, Lincoln, Madawaska, Medway, Millinocket, Trenton, Waterboro, Waterville.

Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles in Maine

Tanks and Armour in the USA: Maine: Augusta, Bangor, Howland, Kennebunkport, Lincoln, Madawaska, Medway, Millinocket, Trenton, Waterboro, Waterville.

One of the aims of this website is to locate, identify and document every historical piece of artillery and all armoured fighting vehicles preserved in New England.  Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these tangible pieces of our military history and the list you see here is constantly being revised as new finds are discovered and the data is updated.  The photos have come from various contributors, but the author likes to "ground truth" the reports, so a good number of the photos are by the author unless otherwise credited.  Any errors found here are by the author.   It often happens that military monuments that are relatively mobile, have been moved for restoration or scrapped, sometimes they are repainted with different markings and serial numbers, or they are replaced with a different piece of kit.  For those reasons, any additions, deletions, corrections or amendments that you may be able to add to this list of Artillery and AFVs in New England would be most welcome and may be e-mailed to the author at [email protected].  The primary aim is preserve our military history and to keep the record accurate.

Augusta

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M48A1 Patton Main Battle Tank, Serial No. SN 6775; Registration No. 9A2399, American Legion Post 2,213 Capitol St.

Bangor, Cole Land Transportation Museum

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M60A3 Patton tank (Serial No. 4120A), part of the State of Maine Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park, near the Cole Land Transportation Museum, 405 Perry Rd.

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M3 Half-track, inside the Cole Land Transportation Museum, 405 Perry Rd.

Howland

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M60A3 Main Battle Tank (Serial No. 4196A), Reg. No. 09A22870, American Legion Post 97.

Kennebunkport

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M20 Armoured Car of the 801st Tank Destroyer Battalion in action during the Second World War.

M20 Armoured Car (Serial No. 2446), private owner.

The M20 armored utility car, also known as the M20 scout car, was a Greyhound with the turret replaced with a low, armoured open-topped superstructure and an anti-aircraft ring mount for a .50 cal. M2 heavy machine gun.  A bazooka was provided for the crew to compensate for its lack of anti-armour weaponry.  The M20 was primarily used as a command vehicle and for forward reconnaissance, but many vehicles also served as armoured personnel carriers and cargo carriers.  The M20 offered high speed and excellent mobility, along with a degree of protection against small arms fire and shrapnel.  When employed in the command and control role, the M20 was fitted with additional radio equipment.  A total of 3,680 M20s were built by Ford during its two years in production (1943–1944).

Lincoln

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M60A3 Main Battle Tank (Serial No. 3980A), American Legion Post 77, 3 Fleming St.

Madawaska

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.5- cal anti-aircraft guns mounted in an M-15A1 Combination Gun Motor Carriage, Normandy, June 1944.

(Joe Mabel Photo)

M15A1 Half-track gun mount, VFW Post.  The M15 Halftrack, officially designated M15 Combination Gun Motor Carriage, was a self-^propelled anti-aircraft gun mounted on a half-track chassis used during the Second World War.  It was equipped with one M1 automatic 37-mm (1.5 in) gun and two water-cooled 0.5 inch (12.7-mm) M2 Browning heavy machine guns.  Based on the M3 Half-track chassis, it was produced by the White Motor Company and Autocar between July 1942 and February 1944.  Similar to this M-15A1 Combination Gun Motor Carriage on display at the Fort Lewis Military Museum, Fort Lewis Washingon.

Medway

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M60A3 Main Battle Tank (Serial No. 4123A), Veterans Memorial Park.  

Millinocket

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M60A3 Main Battle Tank (Serial No. 3556), American Legion Post No. 80.

Trenton

M60A3 Main Battle Tank (Serial No. 4122A), American Legion Post 207, 163 Bar Harbor Rd.

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M41 Walker Bulldog, private owner.  Similar to this one at the 3rd Cavalry Museum, Fort Hood, Texas.

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M36B2 Jackson, private owner.  Similar to this M36B1 Jackson on display at the 3rd Cavalry Museum, Fort Hood, Texas.

Waterboro

(Max Smith Photo)

Howe and Howe Technologies FV432, private owner.  Similar to this one at RAF Duxford in England.

Waterville

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M60A3 Main Battle Tank (Serial No. 4094A), American Legion Post 5, 21 College Ave.