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He also presents contemporary media such as YouTube for the Tank Museum. [4] David Fletcher hosted a regular video series on The Tank Museum's YouTube channel called 'Tank Chats', in which he gave viewers a brief insight in to a specific tank in the Museum's collection. [5] [6] [7]
A Churchill tank in a hull down defensive position made a particular contribution to Allied success. In one encounter, on 21 April 1943, during the start of the Battle of Longstop Hill, a Churchill tank of the 48th Royal Tank Regiment got the better of a German Tiger I heavy tank. A 6 pounder shot from the Churchill lodged between the Tiger's ...
The Department of Tank Design preferred the Churchill, which was the infantry tank successor to the Valentine, as a basis for further work. [1] The General Staff decided a flamethrower based on the Churchill using the Petroleum Warfare Department's design was required. The main armament of the tank was to be retained.
Churchill AVRE with fascine on tilt-forward cradle. This particular example is a post-WW2 AVRE on the MK VII chassis. Proposed by a Canadian engineer as a result of experience from the Dieppe Raid, [2] the Assault Vehicle Royal Engineers (AVRE) was a Churchill Mark III or IV equipped with the "Mortar, Recoiling Spigot, Mark II" (or Petard), a spigot mortar [a] that throws the 230 mm (9.1 in ...
Hobart's Funnies is the nickname given to a number of specialist armoured fighting vehicles derived from tanks operated during the Second World War by units of the 79th Armoured Division of the British Army or by specialists from the Royal Engineers.
The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II. Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN 9781586637620. Buffetaut, Yves (1994). D-Day Ships: The Allied Invasion Fleet, June 1944. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-55750-152-3. Churchill, Winston (1949) [2005]. Their Finest Hour. The Second World War, Volume II. Penguin. ISBN 0-141-44173-9.
This was a Churchill tank with its turret modified or removed and to which were attached certain special equipments. The Brigade was employed during the assault landings in Normandy, Operation Overlord and further used during the battle for the Roer Triangle ( Operation Blackcock ), the Rhine crossings ( Operation Plunder ) and the Elbe crossing .
Mark Felton (born 1974) is an English author, historian and YouTuber.Felton has written over a dozen non-fiction books. He runs several channels on YouTube covering different historical subjects of the 20th and 21st century, mainly related to World War I, World War II, and the Cold War.