M47 Patton Tank - Johnston, Iowa
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BruceS
N 41° 41.893 W 093° 42.461
15T E 441115 N 4616512
M47 Tank on display at public overlook adjacent to Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa.
Waymark Code: WM7W1W
Location: Iowa, United States
Date Posted: 12/10/2009
Views: 10
The M47 tank was the medium tank used by the U.S. Army from early 1950's with some seeing service into the 1980's. The main armament on the M47 was the 90 mm gun with a secondary .50 cal machine gun.
Thanks to 11E on helping id tank correctly.
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