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Mr. Littlefield owned about 200 tanks, self-propelled guns, armored personnel carriers, anti-aircraft vehicles and other heavy combat vehicles, ranging from an M1917 "Six-Ton Tractor" from World War I to a Russian T-72 used by Saddam Hussein's forces in the Iraq war.
A jewel in his collection is the German Panzer V Panther tank that the German army sank in a Polish river during World War II to keep it from the advancing Russians. The Panther sat submerged for decades, and Mr. Littlefield acquired it five years ago and began restoring it.
Jacques Littlefield, an unassuming multimillionaire who amassed the country's largest private collection of tanks and other military armored vehicles, died Wednesday at his Portola Valley ranch. He was 59
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A jewel in his collection is the German Panzer V Panther tank that the German army sank in a Polish river during World War II to keep it from the advancing Russians. The Panther sat submerged for decades, and Mr. Littlefield acquired it five years ago and began restoring it.
Jacques Littlefield, an unassuming multimillionaire who amassed the country's largest private collection of tanks and other military armored vehicles, died Wednesday at his Portola Valley ranch. He was 59
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/articl...es-3176289.php
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