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Leningrad siege Ladoga 1943_.jpg

Leningrad siege Ladoga 1943.jpg
 
This is a Churchill AVRE with TLC Carpet Laying Device.

The one in these pics - "T68173 Cougar, a Churchill Mk III of No. 13 Troop, "C" Squadron, The Calgary Regiment, one of the five tanks fitted with the "Beach Track Laying Device," for the landings at Dieppe on 19 August 1942. Having only jettisoned part of its beach track laying device, the remains of it are clearly visible on her front. Notice how the two short brackets carried the spindle, and that the inside and outside 3 foot diameter, 14 gauge metal disc shields, that prevented the chespaling from fouling the brackets and spindle, have closed up on themselves. Note also, the remains of the rigid conduit, on her right side, that had to be added for the protection of the wiring for the electrically fired small explosive charges, that released the rolls, and for those that jettisoned the whole device"
 

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