Tag: 79th armoured division

• A22F Churchill Mk VII Crocodile

  Type: Infantry Tank/Special Purpose Vehicle Nation: United Kingdom Period: World War 2 Location: Musée Mémorial de la Bataille de Normandie, Bayeux, France The Crocodile was a flamethrower conversion of the Churchill Mk VII infantry tank. In battle it was towing a lightly armoured 6.5-ton trailer containing two tanks with 1,800 litres of a thickened incendiary…

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  24. Jul 2022

  Infantry Tank, Special Purpose Vehicle, United Kingdom, World War 2

  79th armoured division, armoured vehicle, churchill crocodile, churchill tank, flamethrower, history, hobart's funnies, military history, tank, World War 2

• A22 Churchill Mk IV AVRE “One Charlie”

  Type: Infantry Tank/Special Purpose VehicleNation: Germany Period: World War 2 Location: Juno Beach, Courseulles-sur-Mer, France Specialists The Churchill AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers) was one of the specialised vehicles known as „Hobart‘s Funnies“ which were specifially developed for the 1944 D-Day landings. Mostly operated by the British 79th Armoured Division, these included the amphibious Duplex…

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  21. May 2022

  Infantry Tank, Special Purpose Vehicle, United Kingdom, World War 2

  79th armoured division, armoured vehicle, avre, british, churchill, churchill mk iv, churchill tank, d-day, history, hobart's funnies, juno beach, percy hobart, royal engineers, second world war, tank, tanks, World War 2, ww2