RotatrailerPrimarily designed to increase range of Crusader and Matilda Tanks in Western Desert. Very unpopular with trank crews as difficult to manoeuvre when reversing. Could be towed at maximum tank speed. It was not armoured Carried rations for 12 man/days. 10 gallons drinking water.... |
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SchmalturmThe Schmalturm, or narrow turret was an attempt to improve the Panther tank that was inititated by Rheimetall in late 1943. Some months later the project was transferred to Daimler-Benz and further design changes were introduced. It was an ingenious arrangement. Being narrower than the regular Panth... |
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Centaur TurretWith twin 20mm Anti/Aircraft Polsten heavy machine guns. Turret model for Centaur Anti-Aircraft Tank Mark I with twin 20mm Polsten guns on an instructional stand which provides hydraulic power for traverse, elevtion, depression and firing gear. Each armoured regiment was allotted six tanks as part ... |
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General Aircraft Hamilcar GliderPortion of fuselage. Very basic shell which the museum will rectify. The final recovery operation of the fuselage section took place on 29th October 1990 from Christian Malford, Wiltshire. The remains having been purchased from the farm owner. A Flying Tank Transporter The idea of carrying tanks... |
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Armoured Car FW19 Coventry Mark IBoth the Daimler and Humber companies had produced armoured cars in large numbers for the British Army during the war and both types had been quite successful. By 1943 however, the War Office was looking for something new. They therefore encouraged the two firms, joined by Commer Cars Ltd., to work... |
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Armoured Car, Marmon-Herrington, Mark IV FUsed by Greek Cypriot National Guard, Cyprus Transported to U.K. : by LSL Sir Tristram, from Akrotiri to Marchwood - June 1986 This is the South African armoured car based on the Canadian F60L 3-ton lorry chassis, still known as the Marmon-Herrington, although containing none of their components. T... |
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Car, Scout, Daimler Mark IIIF206073 was part of Contract No. T/M10545, dated 12 December 1941 which covered 1,206 vehicles described originally as Scout Cars Mark II with the Daimler Company of Coventry. However the contract was clearly altered at some stage after which vehicles were completed to Mark III standard like our exh... |
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Tank Infantry A22B Churchill Mark III AVREArmoured Vehicle Royal Engineers The AVRE is a modified Churchill Infantry Tank used in the direct assault role by armoured engineers. A prototype was developed by the Canadian Army in 1942, as a result of their experiences at Dieppe. In place of the tank's main gun the AVRE carried a spigot mortar,... |
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Tank Infantry Mark II A12, Matilda CDLNight fighting always presents problems but searchlights had been tested on tanks as early as 1919. The idea of turning them into an offensive weapon is credited to a Mr A V M Mitzakis from Greece who lived and worked in Britain. Mitzakis interested General Fuller and the Duke of Westminster in his ... |
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Tank Cruiser A34, Comet IDeveloped from Cromwell with improved suspension No registration plates inside. Number painted on vehicle is incorrect. Comet entered service in 1945. It proved to be reliable and effective, well protected for its size and with a modified version of the 17 pounder gun, quite capable of dealing with... |
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Tank Infantry Mark III, Valentine IXThe precise identity of this tank is not clear, all identification marks having been removed many years ago. It stood outside the Army Base at Long Kesh in Northern Ireland for many years, subsequently moving to the Maze Prison and Lisanelly Camp, Omagh. It was subsequently acquired by Vickers Defen... |
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Tank Light, Mark VIII A25, Harry Hopkins T119224Harry Hopkins was President Roosevelt's special envoy to the United Kingdom although why this little tank was named after him is by no means clear. It was a British design, built in Britain and with no known American involvement. It was a development of the Light Tank Mark VII Tetrarch and employed ... |
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