That's museum BS. Many of the bumper numbers are incorrect and I have been trying to correct them, but there are so many screwed up regulations in military museums, that it's it hard to get anything done. The M-46 has USA on the muffler shield, which wouldn't be there for an hour of running and the spare tracks are backwards. Many museum employees don't have a clue about most of the artifacts. Some museums have the model number on one fender and year on the other, which looks lots better than the idiotic stars, but still a unit ID and company number would would look more appropriate. [:-]

The M-46 sits by an admininistrative training building where hardly anyone sees it. It was used as a training tank right after the korean War by a NG unit in Washington state. It also has the pistol port welded up, which is highly unusual. The 46 has the same driving controls as the M-47 which replaced it and since is has dual controls which were deleted in the 47, it was good for driver training. The morons welded ALL hatches shut, so we can't even get in to maintain it. Regs require the loader's hatch to be accessable but padlocked. A few months ago, the Bow Gunner's escape hatch dropped out due to the holding rods rusting through and it's still laying in the museum in spite of emergency hazard warnings requesting it be tack welded in place. Our M-5A1 Stuart has the entire bottom rusted out under the turret and now has a patch of wire fence welded to the botttom, blocking the huge hole. That's military museums and priority on budgets. .[:@]