Vilseck tank confirmed as ‘Cobra King’

Vilseck tank confirmed as ‘Cobra King’ | Stars and Stripes

A World War II-era M4 Sherman tank on display at Rose Barracks in Vilseck, Germany has been confirmed to be the “Cobra King,” the first tank to reach besieged American troops defending Bastogne from the Germans’ counterattack during the Battle of the Bulge.

U.S. Army Europe officials announced the discovery Friday in a news release timed to coincide with the Dec. 26, 1944, anniversary of the Company C, 37th Tank Battalion’s famous arrival in Bastogne.

The tank was identified by matching serial and registration numbers, a project worked jointly by historians with U.S. Army Europe and the U.S. Army’s Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor in Ft. Knox, Ky.

The tank is expected to go on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Army, scheduled to open in 2013 outside of Washington, D.C.

 

The 38 ton "Cobra King", the first tank into Bastogne was recently installed at the new National Museum of the US Army at Ft. Benning, Georgia. (Wonder how long before the PC Nazis have the bases name changed. Henry Benning was a confederate officer.)

This picture is from 03 August 2017.