British heavy/medium armour

[mTk]

Wow. Had to do a double-take. Fooled me initially.

 

[Rico]

1945 -- a Cromwell tank crew from 7 Armoured Division eating lunch by the rear of their vehicle.

Those late war British tanker winter overalls are pretty cool looking -- wouldn't be out of place on a modern battlefield.

 

[Louis]

Female workers are preparing a Matilda tank for shipment to the USSR under Lend-Lease Act.

 

[Rico]

1941, North Africa. A Scammell tank transporter named "Snow White" carrying an A9 Cruiser tank to the workshops for an overhaul.

 

[jobu88]

Knocked-out Achilles tank destroyer, two holes in the side turret and what looks like a third high up on the mantlet.

 

[mTk]

Those holes don't bode well for the crew.

 

[Rico]

Cool original colour pic of a Churchill tank, 1944.

 

[Louis]

New Matildas leave the factory as a lady pushes her baby carriage.

 

[Nort]

They forgot the guns!

 

[jobu88]

Matilda with a Bren gun mounted on the turret. Also an i-phone mounted on the front so they could take selfies......wait, that's probably a mirror.

 

[Nort]

Matilda with a Bren gun mounted on the turret. Also an i-phone mounted on the front so they could take selfies......wait, that's probably a mirror.


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Equipped with an HE gun, rather than the 2 pdr AP gun.

 

[Louis]

Out of service, British Matilda II destroyed by the German fire. The Matilda received a minimum of four hits of 88-mm shells, Tobruk Dec 1941.

 

[Rico]

(June 1942, Libya.) The driver of a Grant tank taking a closer look at a gouge in the armour plate made by a 50mm anti-tank round.

(time for a change of underwear )

 

[Louis]

A few centimeters lower and goodbye.

 

[Rico]

Local children hitch a ride on a Sherman tank of 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) in Belpasso near Catania, Sicily, August 1943.
In the background can be seen the church of Saint Anthony of Padua. At Belpasso in the north of Sicily, County of London Yeomanry tank men are accorded a great reception by the civilians of the town.
Here they are seen with Sicilian children riding on their tanks as they rumble down the main street.
(original colour photo)