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Comet vs Panther - which would you choose, and why?

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The occupants of a Staghound armoured car caught rubber necking the hulking burnt out remains of a King Tiger left at the side road near Vimoutiers, Normandy - August 18th 1944, as the Allies advanced.

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Near La Gleize, December 28th 1944.

American GIs gather round to get a closer look at the captured King Tiger No. 204 of SS-s. Pz. Abt 501.

The Jerry cans in the foreground were used to restart the tank but unsurprisingly it broke down after a short journey.

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Flers welcoming its liberators on 17 August 1944 - the new A30 Challenger, recently issued in Normandy, is greeted by the inhabitants.

The vehicle’s tactical sign identifies is as part of 11th Armoured Division’s armoured reconnaissance regiment, and the shape of the crew’s cap badges tells us that they’re part of the 2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry , parading here for the last time with the division.

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The M24 light tank entered service with the US Army in winter 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge. British Army Units who operated these tanks, included the reconnaissance squadrons of the 7th Armoured Division (The Desert Rats). This vehicle is part of the Bannister Historic Armour Collection.

This vehicle will take to the arena alongside a slew of Second World War armour at Tiger Day – on 26 September.

For more information, and to secure your place –
tankmuseum.org/events/tiger-day-autumn

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The German Second World War Marder anti-tank vehicles were attempts to counter Soviet tanks encountered after the invasion of June 1941.

These could outrange and outgun most German tanks. In response obsolete or captured chassis were fitted with either the 75mm PaK 40 or, as here on this Sd Kfz 139 Marder III, the PaK 36(r), a 76.2mm weapon modified from captured Soviet M-1936 guns.

This Marder has been knocked out in North Africa.

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A Cromwell from 2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry stopped while the crew consults to its maps.

From the road sign, kindly provided by Michelin, the scene took place in Vassy, near Flers, and consequently in mid-August since the village was liberated on the 15th.

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Centaur IV tank ‘Hunter’ of H Troop, 2nd Battery, Royal Marine Armoured Support Group.

The commander wears the RAC black beret with the badge of the RTR, while the crewman in what would have been the hull machine gunner’s position wears the badge of the Royal Marines.

The crews of these vehicles were drawn from the Marines, the Royal Artillery, and the RAC. Note that the two outside brushguards on the headlights have been painted white, a common but not universal feature of these vehicles.

The Centaur was fitted with a 95mm howitzer for close support. The marks on the turret were for the Normandy beach landings, where it was thought that the Centaur would fire from the landing craft, and the battery commander could use the markings to direct the guns. Leaving the tanks on the landing craft was deemed impractical though, and they rolled onto the beach after a few shots.

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