The Canal Defence Light (CDL) was a British "secret weapon" of the Second World War, based upon the use of a powerful carbon-arc searchlight mounted on...

million candlepower carbon arc lamp mounted on US Medium Tank M3 Canal Defence Light (CDL). Six Tank Battalions were selected for the project. The troops...

and British forces landed troops under artificial light created by searchlights. The Canal Defence Light was a British "secret weapon" of the Second World...

private collection in the UK. Canal Defence Light – The Tank Museum, Bovington has a Matilda tank fitted with a Canal Defence Light turret. A CDL-equipped M3...

Mangin mirror Cathedral of light Tribute in Light Military applications of searchlight Canal Defence Light Turbinlite Leigh light G-numbers German searchlights...

and after the battle of El Alamein. Matilda II CDL/Matilda V CDL Canal Defence Light The normal turret was replaced by a cylindrical one containing a...

development company College du Leman, a Swiss boarding and day school Canal Defence Light, a World War 2 British secret weapon, an armoured vehicle Configuration...

power to the flail rotor. Grant CDL "Canal Defence Light"; 37mm turret replaced by one with a powerful carbon arc light which could be set to flicker rapidly...

to dazzle and confuse pilots attacking the Suez canal. This was developed into the Canal Defence Light, a small mobile tank mounted system intended for...

observation post for Archer units. Valentine CDL Continuation of Canal Defence Light experiments; conventional turret replaced with one containing a searchlight...

vehicles known as "Hobart's Funnies"), initially equipped with "Canal Defence Light" tanks, it converted to "Buffalo" (the British service name for the...

The Kangaroo was not developed until after the D-day landings. The Canal Defence Light ('CDL') was a powerful carbon-arc searchlight mounted on a tank which...

development facility at Brougham Hall. The project was known as Canal Defence Light (CDL). A plaque at the Hall remembers the men who worked there during...

tractor (false name for searchlight equipped M3 medium tank), See Canal Defence light G-194 M7 snow tractor, Allis-Chalmers G-195 M19 snow trailer, 1-ton...

raised during World War II in January 1941 and designated for the Canal Defence Light (CDL) role in May 1941. The unit trained at Lowther Castle near Penrith...

the Canal, but the overall attack failed because of strongly held British defences manned by alert defenders. Since its opening in 1869 the Suez Canal had...

I, II, III, IV and V of the Matilda, some were rebuilt with the Canal Defence Light Total production 1937–43: 2,987. Valentine was a private development...

the parent firm of Thornycroft to carry an armoured searchlight (Canal Defence Light) originally developed for use in tanks and intended to blind the...

2022-02-21. Defence, National (22 July 2019). "WWI - Hindenburg Line". www.canada.ca. Retrieved 2022-02-21. Defence, National (2019-07-22). "WWI - Canal du Nord"...

Canadian Light Infantry", Department of National Defence, 25 February 2013, retrieved September 13, 2018 "Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry :...

The Panama Canal (Spanish: Canal de Panamá) is an artificial 82-kilometer (51-mile) waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific...

the Ministry of Defence announced that the regiment would be amalgamated with The Light Infantry, the Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry and the Royal...

minefields, Churchill Tank 'Crocodiles' to attack pillboxes and Grant Canal Defence Light tanks to assist night operations. Heavy rain hampered operations...

the Isle of Wight Military applications of searchlight Canal Defence Light Turbinlite Leigh light G-numbers German searchlights of World War II "Military...

This is a list of battalions of the Durham Light Infantry, which existed as a regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1968. When the 68th Regiment of...

In January 1945, 43 RTR was told that it was to re-train in the Canal Defence Light (CDL) role for deployment to South East Asia Command. CDLs were tanks...

For the invasion of Northern Europe in 1944, it was equipped with Canal Defence Light Grant tanks. These were not used in battle.[citation needed] From...

renamed the Ceylon Defence Force in 1910. Units of the Ceylon Volunteer Force in 1910. Ceylon Artillery Volunteers (CAV) Ceylon Light Infantry (CLI) Ceylon...

'18, Piave, Doiran 1917 '18, Ctesiphon, Defence of Kut-al-Amara Second World War: Cassel, Ypres-Comines Canal, Normandy Landing, Pegasus Bridge, Reichswald...

Battalion, Durham Light Infantry becoming the 155th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps. They were equipped with the Canal Defence Light, a Matilda II or Churchill...