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The Churchill Crocodile was a British flame-throwing tank of late Second World War. It was a variant of the Tank, Infantry, Mk IV (A22) Churchill Mark VII , although the Churchill Mark IV was initially chosen to be the base vehicle.
The Churchill had good (though slow) cross-country performance, heavy armour, and a roomy interior. The Sherman's mechanical reliability was valued. Among the many specialist vehicles and their attachments were: The Churchill Crocodile was a Churchill tank modified by the fitting of a flame-thrower in place of the hull machine gun. An armoured ...
The Churchill Armoured Ramp Carrier ('ARK') was a turretless Churchill tank with ramps at either end which, when lowered, could form a mobile bridge. The "Buffalo" Landing Vehicle Tracked ('LVT') was a tracked vehicle intended to carry replenishments from ships ashore; the design was used at the Battle of the Scheldt during the crossing of the ...
2 x Troops Churchill Crocodiles attached from 79th Armoured Division [3] [18] A Company, 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Machine Gun) Vickers MGs, platoon of 4.2-inch mortars [3] 190th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery Towed 25-Pounder field guns [23] 159th Battery, 97th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
Churchill Crocodile flame tank. Churchill Oke: Churchill Mk II with fixed "Ronson" flamethrower. Three were part of the 1942 Raid on Dieppe but were put out of action before the equipment was used. Churchill Crocodile: Churchill Mk VII equipped with a kit including an armored fuel trailer that used compressed nitrogen for pressure. The ...
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 ...
Churchill's Secret Weapons – The Story of Hobart's Funnies. Robert Hale. ISBN 0-7090-6237-0. Farthing, John. Where Pluto Crossed the Path. ISBN 978-9781873294. – walks on the Isle of Wight near PLUTO pipes. Fletcher, David (2007). Churchill Crocodile Flamethrower. New Vanguard. Illustrated by Peter Sarson. Osprey. ISBN 978-1846030833.
A Churchill tank of the 7th Royal Tank Regiment supporting infantry of the 8th Battalion, Royal Scots, part of 44th Brigade of 15th (Scottish) Division, during Operation Epsom, 28 June 1944. In December 1940, as part of the British Western Desert Force in Egypt , the 7th RTR contained Matilda infantry tanks and supported the 11th Indian ...