2016年12月22日 · Yea those are the numbers, I was quite recently in a small town in Australia and off the side of the highway abandoned in a field was 3 Matilda 2's and 3 m3 lee/grant (turrets missing) and one of the Matilda's and one of the m3's still had paint in some Areas and I'm quite interested in learning the history behind these vehicles

2003年2月19日 · Tanks were also greatly used as there were more and easily replaceable, infantry was not. by 1944 the british army had a manpower shortage especially with infantry. this led to the development of tactics to reduce their casualties. most notably the use of overwhelming firepower be it strategic or tactical. this was why there was very little ...

2011年10月17日 · 4 Aug 1940 - 336 light tanks + 173 cruisers + 189 infantry tanks (154 tanks, 52 light/52 cruisers/50 infantry sent to Egypt) 27 Aug 1940 - 295 light tanks + 138 cruisers + 185 infantry tanks 15 Sept 1940 - 306 light tanks + 154 cruisers + 224 infantry tanks These figures do not include training tanks or tanks under repair.

2004年2月12日 · XF57 Buff - Camouflageon U.S. tanks XF58 Olive green - U.S. tanks XF59 Desert yellow - British tanks seen in the desert XF60 Dark yellow - German tanks XF61 Dark green - British or Russian tanks & camouflage German tanks XF62 Olive drab - U.S. tanks or other modern tanks XF63 German grey - German tanks XF64 Red brown - …

2008年6月9日 · The one with the paratroopers moving into the small Dutch town and being supported by a few British tanks. One of the paras goes and talks to the British tanker officer, tells him there is a German tank RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER and he should blow the hell out of the building to flush it.

2004年5月10日 · Most British tanks during WW2 were (relatively) undergunned due to the small turret ring. The Cromwell could not easily be made to take the excellent 17 pdr gun, and even the Comet was forced to use the '77mm' gun. Later tanks (Black Prince & Centurion) that used the 17pdr were wider than their forebears, to give a bigger turret ring.

2015年6月27日 · I am a British veteran who was called up into the Forces in October 1942. I served in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Egypt, Austria & Germany, firstly in the 49th Light Ack Ack and then in the 4th Queen's Own Hussars. I was one of five brothers who served in WW2, one of whom was in the RAF and was killed over Nuremberg on the 16th of March 1945.

2019年3月26日 · The best British engine was the Rolls Royce Merlin,. It wasn't until mid war that Rolls Royce was allowed to build a tank engine variant - the Meteor. None of the Covenenter, Cavalier and Centaur ever saw combat. Turret rings were kept small to enable tanks to fit British rail flats, which had a narrower gauge than on the continent. 3.

2008年10月12日 · The British used "Army Tank Brigades" which were equipped with infanty tanks like the Matilda, Valentine, or Churchill. "Armoured Brigades" initially were the tank components of armoured divisions, but later there came to be independent armoured brigades also used in the infantry support role.

2002年7月31日 · Halm´s gun hit another five tanks before it was damaged itself so much it could not fire.By then the 21st panzer division was there and finished the rest of the tanks. On of the British tank commanders was angry: " We have two years of training behind us, a long journey over the sea-and for us it is all over in 30 minutes!"