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[fubar57]

Nice. I'm assuming those things had safety switches?




Geo

 

[Wurger]

I think so... if not, you may look like the guy...

 

[fastmongrel]

290mm Petard spigot demolition gun and its mortar round.

A clip of the Churchill AVRE firing its Petard mortar


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd1_YJgKtic

 

[Airframes]

Nice one.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Juha]

Thanks Fastmongrel
I have always liked AVRE, somebody thought about the health of poor sappers.

 

[fastmongrel]

A Kangaroo Armoured Personnel Carrier (might be a Sexton or Priest SP gun its hard to see) crossing an anti tank ditch bridged by two Churchill ARKs (Armoured Ramp Carrier) one on top of the other.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchill_tank#Churchill_ARK_.28Armoured_Ramp_Carrier.29

 

[fastmongrel]

AVRE Bobbin road layer. A Hessian reinforced with chestnut paling road that could be laid across soft ground to prevent following vehicles bogging down. Note extended air and radiator intakes for wading through water.

 

[Glider]

getting that bottom Churchill out must have been fun

 

[rochie]

getting that bottom Churchill out must have been fun

Nah, the Churchill's hill climbing ability was legendary !

 

[vikingBerserker]

That tank has got to me one of the most versatile tanks in WW2.

 

[michaelmaltby]

"....the Churchill's hill climbing ability was legendary ..."

Dieppe:

 

[fastmongrel]

Dieppe was the reason Hobarts Funnies came about. To be fair to the Churchill its hard enough to walk on the shingle beach at Dieppe and any tank would struggle.

 

[fastmongrel]

Churchill Double Onion. A framework of steel section was loaded with 1,000 pounds of explosive, the tank placed the frame against an obstacle like a concrete wall detached and backed off 100 feet paying out an electric detonation cable. Click the link to see more.

Hitler's Atlantic Wall in Surrey - March 2010

 

[Wurger]

 

[Airframes]

You wanna door ? You got it !

 

[fastmongrel]

The Japanese mania for minaturisation went a bit too far with this armoured train

 

[GrauGeist]

You know, if they hit a bump or slammed on the brakes, all those infantrymen will launch forward and stick like a handful of javelins!

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

[vikingBerserker]

It would be like the Keystone Cops but with heavier firepower.