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Passion in the Tank (Newsday Feature)

Written by Museum of American Armor | Mar 18, 2022 2:27:37 PM

(By John Hanc | Special to Newsday) – Seated in the turret of an M74 Armored Recovery Vehicle, Mark Renton turns to a visitor - crammed into a tiny seat next to him behind one of the tank's 30-caliber machine guns - and explains the steps required to start up a 26-foot-long, 56-ton vehicle built in 1954.