BRITISH TANKS USED IN
NORMANDY TO GERMANY
IN 1944-1945
Arthur was positioned in the Reconnaissance Troop within the A-Type Battalion Structure. Other vehicles in the battalion consisted of the Crusader AA Mk III, the Humber Scout Car, the Universal Carrier and many trucks.
Fig 7 Org Chart
Type-A Armoured Battalion Structure
Fig 4a M4 Firefly tank with 17-pounder gun at Bovington Tank Museum.
M4 Sherman Firefly in Grenadier Guards paint scheme, with the eye of vigilance and a 51 symbol.
Fig 4b M5Honey
M5 Honey Tank. (Plamen Stanev/Alamy Stock Photo
M5 Honey Tank, left side.
M5 Honey tank. Right side, showing the side-mounted turret firing position for the 0.5 Cal gun.
Fig 16 Alamy_M24
A frontal view of an M24 Chaffee tank. The 75mm gun and hull-mounted machine gun are shown to good effect. Note the angular shape of the hull and turret, designed to deflect anti-tank shells and increase horizontal armour thickness. (Licence purchased from Alamy for international distribution)
Fig 4dChurchill
Churchill Tank at Bovington Tank Museum. Photographer: MR Ibbotson, with permission.
Fig 4c Cromwell
Cromwell Tank at Bovington Tank Museum. Photographer: MR Ibbotson, with permission.
Cromwell AA tank (Additional Photo)
Crusader AA Mk III tank, 'Allahkeefek' of 22nd Armoured Brigade HQ, 7th Armoured Division, coming ashore from a landing ship, Gold area, 7 June 1944. IWM (B 5129).
Humber scout car with a Comet tank behind.
(Additional Photo)
Universal Carrier, Humber Scout Car and Sherman Tank (Additional Photo)
A universal carrier and Humber scout car with infantry of 43rd (Wessex) Division during the advance on Goch, 17 February 1945.
M3 Haltrack in Berlin (Additional Photo)
Prime Minister Winston Churchill, accompanied by Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery and Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, inspects tanks of the "Desert Rats" from a half-track vehicle which moved slowly along the long line of troops and armour, during the British Victory parade in Berlin, 21 July 1945.