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Roosendaal, Netherlands, Oct 1944. Churchill tanks of 34th Tank Brigade cross a temporary bridge.
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May 1943, A crew clean the gun barrel of their Crusader tank at El Aroussa in Tunisia.
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A Matilda tank advance on a street in Leeds, from factory to testing ground. 1941
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1942, Sidi Barrani area, Egypt. Fuel delivery to a british Stuart tank.
Great portrait of a veteran British 8th Army tank driver.
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The flamethrowers on Churchill Crocodile.
Great original colour pic of a Centaur ? (Cromwell armed with 95mm howitzer) - I think that's in Normandy1944 -- no idea of the unit.
Edit: Possibly the Royal Marines Armoured Support Group -- formed in the Second World War to give British and Commonwealth forces heavy fire support in the opening attacks of the Normandy Landings.
It was primarily equipped with Centaur IV tanks fitted with a 95 mm howitzer; there were also a smaller number of Sherman tanks, which were used as artillery observation posts or command vehicles. The Group consisted of two Armoured Support Regiments, each of two Armoured Support Batteries, plus an independent Armoured Support Battery.
Each Battery consisted of four troops, with each troop equipped with four Centaur IV and one Sherman tank, giving a total of 80 Centaur and 20 Sherman tanks in the group, which fought on the British and Canadian D-Day beaches.
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Edit: Possibly the Royal Marines Armoured Support Group -- formed in the Second World War to give British and Commonwealth forces heavy fire support in the opening attacks of the Normandy Landings.
It was primarily equipped with Centaur IV tanks fitted with a 95 mm howitzer; there were also a smaller number of Sherman tanks, which were used as artillery observation posts or command vehicles. The Group consisted of two Armoured Support Regiments, each of two Armoured Support Batteries, plus an independent Armoured Support Battery.
Each Battery consisted of four troops, with each troop equipped with four Centaur IV and one Sherman tank, giving a total of 80 Centaur and 20 Sherman tanks in the group, which fought on the British and Canadian D-Day beaches.
Royal Marines Armoured Support Group - Wikipedia
Well, that's a nasty lookin' lil' beatie now ain't it?
Quite the hole for the driver to see through.
This is a Comet not a Cromwell: different turret, longer 17pdr gun and return rollers on the tracks.
Churchill
Churchill, France: this is a Crocodile, we can see the flame gun; I think that the flame fuel trailer is canted off to the right with its flexible coupling and that's why it is hardly visible.
British version (left) and American version (right) of the M-3. In good old CMAK I recall the 37mm was surprisingly lethal.
Yes and it was nice having the forward firing 75 also.
Quite discouraged enemy infantry
The only difference I see is a vision slit in the turret(?)
Quite discouraged enemy infantry
The only difference I see is a vision slit in the turret(?)
Different turret design, same hull same armament. American on the left, Commonwealth on the right.
The round hatch above this Centurion driver’s head didn’t last long. It was intended to allow the 17 pounder gun barrel to be changed. It was welded shut on tanks that had it and soon removed from the design.
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Grant tank member painting the name 'Chichester IV' onto a side, 1942.
I wonder what happened to 1, 2, and 3?
And wondering if Chichester was a real name or nickname for something I looked it up.
It's actually a pretty place on the south coast of England.
"Chichester is a cathedral city and civil parish in West Sussex, England. It is the only city in West Sussex and is its county town. It has a long history as a settlement from Roman times and was important in Anglo-Saxon times." - Wikipedia
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And wondering if Chichester was a real name or nickname for something I looked it up.
It's actually a pretty place on the south coast of England.
"Chichester is a cathedral city and civil parish in West Sussex, England. It is the only city in West Sussex and is its county town. It has a long history as a settlement from Roman times and was important in Anglo-Saxon times." - Wikipedia
Chichester - Wikipedia
Nice pics of 11th Armoured Division Sherman, Normandy 1944.
