Thursday, October 2, 2014

Tank Race, History style!

I've just got back from Churchill college where I was doing some research, in their rather nice little archive. Now we all know of the Chaffee Race going on, well:

I asked permission to stick this up on the net, and their helpful archivist pointed out it was under crown copyright, not theirs, so ignore the little sticker.
Then when I get back someone pointed me towards this picture of a RAM:
I just couldn't get this classic comedy sketch out my head. I can just see one of the British guys saying:
"I look down on him, because he couldn't beat a Churchill tank."

Of course the US did some Tank racing, only they filmed it.

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1 comment:

  1. maximexOctober 3, 2014 at 11:16 AM

    The same bottom plate like was M3, main gun rotating tower.
    75-mm anti-tank cannon was limited by the availability
    Therefore, the main weapon was a 40-millimeter cannon.
    The result was the Ram Mk I.

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