A Kangaroo was a Canadian armoured personnel carrier (APC) during the Second World War which was created by converting a tank chassis. Kangaroos were created...
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An armoured personnel carrier (APC) is a broad type of armoured military vehicle designed to transport personnel and equipment in combat zones. Since...
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The Bobcat was an armored personnel carrier (APC) designed and built in Canada in the 1950s and early 1960s. A lengthy development period and changing...
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crossing of the Rhine in 1945. The Kangaroo armoured personnel carrier was a self-propelled gun or other armoured vehicle, surplus to requirements which...
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destroyer (~80; Germany) Joseph Stalin tank - see IS-1 IS-2 IS-3 Kangaroo armoured personnel carrier variant of the Ram tank (100+; Canada), M4 Sherman, M7 Priest...
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Ram tank (category World War II armoured fighting vehicles of Canada)
roles however, such as a flamethrower tank, observation post and armoured personnel carrier. Even before the loss of the majority of the United Kingdom's...
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Kangaru, Kenya, a village Kangaroo (armoured personnel carrier), an expedient conversion of a tank into an armoured personnel carrier during World War II by...
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VCTP armoured personnel carrier (modern) TAM VCA 155 mm self-propelled gun, "Palmaria" turret (modern) VCTM 120 mm mortar carrier (modern) Armoured fighting...
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List of military vehicles of World War II (category Lists of armoured fighting vehicles)
Universal carrier (84,120) Loyd Carrier (26,000) M7 Kangaroo (armoured personnel carrier) Terrapin (200), an amphibious vehicle AEC armoured car (629)...
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Achzarit (category Armoured personnel carriers of Israel)
based on the T-64 chassis Kangaroo (armoured personnel carrier), a series of Allied World War 2 armoured personnel carriers that were based on converted...
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tanks, armoured cars, assault guns, self-propelled artilleries, infantry fighting vehicles (IFV), and armoured personnel carriers (APC). Armoured fighting...
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The 1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment (1CACR) (also known as the 1st Canadian Armoured Personnel Carrier Regiment) was an armoured regiment of the...
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(Canada) – 25 pdr on Ram tank chassis Armoured personnel carrier Kangaroo (Canada) – conversions of armoured vehicles Armoured cars and scout cars Dingo Scout...
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full list of variants 105 mm Self Propelled Gun, Priest Kangaroo armoured personnel carrier 25pdr SP, tracked, Sexton Mark I - Sexton Mark II was on...
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List of historical equipment of the Canadian military (section Armoured carriers and armoured tractors)
Kingdom Mamba Wheeled Armoured personnel carrier ???? - 2012 South Africa APC retired by 2012 M113 Tracked Armoured personnel carrier mid 1960s - present...
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Lend-Lease Sherman tanks (section Personnel carriers)
Salamander, Crocodile, and Badger flame-throwing Shermans; Kangaroo armoured personnel carrier; Armoured recovery vehicles (ARV); artillery tractors, and the...
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recovery vehicle based on the T-55 chassis (Finland; Cold War) Kangaroo armoured personnel carrier (Canada; World War II) Ke-Go (army name for the Type 95 Ha-Go)...
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Grizzly I cruiser – Canadian production of M4A1 Sherman tank Kangaroo armoured personnel carrier modification of M7 Priest and other vehicles Kellett XR-10...
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Regiment 6th Armoured Division Major-General Horatius Murray 26th Armoured Brigade 1st Guards Brigade 61st Infantry Brigade 25th Armoured Engineer Brigade...
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List of specialist Churchill tank variants (redirect from Armoured Ramp Carrier)
not used in action. The Churchill Kangaroo was a turretless Churchill hull converted to an armoured personnel carrier. with a spigot mortar the round fits...
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Tanks of Canada (category World War II armoured fighting vehicles of Canada)
produced in numerous variants, the most notable being the Kangaroo Armoured Personnel Carrier. Tank cruiser, Ram Mk I: Ordnance QF 2 pounder / 40mm gun...
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with a flamethrower and towed an armoured fuel trailer. Churchills were converted to "Kangaroo" armoured personnel carriers by removing the turret from Churchills...
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attack using Kangaroo armoured personnel carriers. Operation Totalize began on the night of 7/8 August; the leading infantry rode on the Kangaroos, guided...
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2018-11-15. Grodzinski, John R. (1995). ""Kangaroos at War": the History of the 1st Canadian Armoured Personnel Carrier Regiment". Canadian Military History...
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support, Operation Totalize began, marking the first use of Kangaroo Armoured Personnel Carriers. While the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division attacked east of...
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Mechanized infantry (redirect from Armoured Infantry)
equipped with armored personnel carriers (APCs) or infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) for transport and combat (see also armoured corps). As defined by...
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7th Armoured Brigade (under command) 43rd Gurkha Lorried Infantry Brigade (under command) 14th/20th Hussars (Kangaroo armoured personnel carriers) (under...
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Wasp flame-throwing vehicles to act as final "persuaders". Kangaroo armoured personnel carriers would be used to deliver infantry as close to their objectives...
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by the 49th Armoured Personnel Carrier Regiment and the 1st Canadian Armoured Personnel Carrier Regiment, both equipped with the "Kangaroo", a tank with...
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pursuit groups to advance on Medicina on the right flank, in Kangaroo armoured personnel carriers and be ready quickly to move cross-country. By 13 April,...
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