The Tank, Infantry, Mk IV (A22) Churchill was a British infantry tank used in the Second World War, best known for its heavy armour, large longitudinal...
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Churchill tank . A Churchill Mark II or Mark III with a flamethrower. Developed for the amphibious raid on Dieppe in 1942, the Oke flamethrowing tank...
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The Churchill Crocodile was a British flame-throwing tank of late Second World War. It was a variant of the Tank, Infantry, Mk IV (A22) Churchill Mark...
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Tank, Infantry, Black Prince (A43) is the name that was assigned to an experimental development of the Churchill tank with a larger, wider hull and a...
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to performance of the Churchill tank. After the Dieppe Raid in August 1942, there was concern that the Churchill infantry tank was slow and too unreliable...
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Hobart's Funnies (redirect from Churchill Bullshorn Plough)
Percy Hobart. The vehicles converted were chiefly Churchill tanks and American-supplied M4 Sherman tanks. Plans to invade continental Europe were completely...
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British Churchill tank had been in service for two years and greatly improved over its initial model. US efforts working on a similarly well-armored tank but...
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Vauxhall responded with the A23, a scaled down version of their A22 Churchill infantry tank. This would have had 75 mm of frontal armour, used a 12-cylinder...
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Military engineering vehicle (section Churchill tank)
supporting them was developed. A heavily modified Churchill used a single-piece bridge mounted on a turret-less tank and was able to lay the bridge in 90 seconds;...
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Charioteer Chieftain Churchill Comet Conqueror Contentious Conway Covenanter Cromwell Crusader Light Tank Mk VI Matilda I Matilda II Medium Tank A/T 1 - an amphibious...
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Fuze D.A. No. 233Fletcher, Churchill Tank, pp. 87-88 M48 Point Detonating Fuze for 75mm main gun, Fletcher, Churchill Tank, pp. 74-76 M54 Time and Superquick...
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could support its weight. However, rather like the Second World War Churchill tank, the Conqueror had exceptional terrain handling characteristics. One...
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gun-tank Stuart tanks to equip their reconnaissance troops. The other tank of the campaign was the Churchill tank (early models carried a 6-pdr tank gun;...
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in a special trailer behind the tank (Churchill Crocodile). In comparison to man-portable flamethrowers, flame tanks carried much more fuel, and could...
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locomotive No. 9, Winston Churchill. The Churchill tank, or Infantry Tank Mk IV; was a British Second World War tank named after Churchill, who was Prime Minister...
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Curragh Camp in County Kildare. The Irish Army took delivery of three Churchill Mk VI tanks in 1948 and a fourth in 1949. They were rented from the British...
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Centurion which replaced both the Churchill and any medium or cruiser tanks then in service. This led to the main battle tank. The experimental armoured formations...
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Kangaroo (armoured personnel carrier) (redirect from Churchill Kangaroo)
Ram Kangaroo at The Tank Museum, Bovington A Churchill Kangaroo viewed from the rear corner Lorraine 37L Churchill tank Sherman tank Operation Totalize...
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World War tank HMS Churchill (I45), a Second World War destroyer HMS Churchill (S46), a nuclear submarine Churchill-class submarine CFS Churchill, a Canadian...
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gun more effective in defence than in the attack. A variant of the Churchill tank had been built in 1942 as a self-propelled gun—the "3-inch Gun Carrier"—and...
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The Comet tank or Tank, Cruiser, Comet I (A34) was a British cruiser tank that first saw use near the end of the Second World War, during the Western...
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TOG1 (redirect from TOG1 (tank))
the Churchill tank, and the mobile war that was being fought. In July 1939, the Special Vehicle Development Committee was drawn up for future tank designs...
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Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers (category Tanks of the United Kingdom)
while blasting. In October 1942 a prototype based on the Churchill tank was ordered. The Churchill proved ideal, having a large amount of space inside for...
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Tiger I (redirect from Sdkfz tiger tank)
heavy tank battalion, with turret number 131, was captured on a hill called Djebel Djaffa in Tunisia. A 6-pounder solid shot from a Churchill tank of the...
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units of the European theatre by the Churchill tank (the Infantry Tank Mark IV) and the US-made M4 Sherman tank. A few were used for special purposes...
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was provided by the 14th Army Tank Regiment (The Calgary Regiment (Tank)) with 58 of the newly introduced Churchill tanks in their first use in combat...
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from ideas penned by Prime Minister Winston Churchill. In order that it could carry 13 Churchill infantry tanks, 27 other vehicles and nearly 200 men (in...
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produced. They were followed by the Valentine tank (Infantry Tank Mk III) and Churchill tank (Infantry Tank Mk IV). Designed using the interior and chassis...
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the Cromwell tank. There was also a programme to upgrade the armour of the Churchill tank. For similar work in the Far East, the Valiant tank (A38), based...
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A tank destroyer, tank hunter or tank killer is a type of armoured fighting vehicle, predominantly intended for anti-tank duties. They are typically armed...
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