Imperial War Museums

A Churchill tank filmed firing its coaxial machine gun during an engagement in Uelzen, Germany, April 1945.

Find the full footage in our film collections: film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/41190

Film: IWM A70 304-7

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@Ismet44

I like how its right track has lost its cover while the left track has a torn damage already. Not to mention the turret mounted Bren gun.

2 weeks ago | 144

@ericgrace9995

It's April 1945. The war is practically over, and yet some poor buggers are still dying. What a tragic waste.

2 weeks ago | 124

@Al-iv3mb

I love watching the reels, almost all of them I've never seen before. My grandfather served from 39-45, he was in the TA so was called up even before war was declared. At the time this was recorded he'd have been in Greece, the worst of all the many theatres he fought in

1 week ago | 1

@twiz1084

Hope the crew survived and made it back home safely God Bless

2 weeks ago | 33

@Guerrillakalle

I was in School in Uelzen you can still find battle damage on some old buildings if you look for it. Same in Soltau and Fallingbostel where i lived.

1 week ago | 11

@sebastianalvaradocolon5983

BESA my beloved

1 week ago | 1

@markymark3572

The Churchill is probably one of the most underrated tanks of WW2.

1 week ago | 1

@bitterdrinker

The most underrated machine gun ever.

1 week ago | 2

@SgtMjr

BESA!!

2 weeks ago | 16

@antburgess2029

Hose pipe method, give them a damn good watering😂

1 week ago | 0

@RockoPY

Awesome ❤

2 weeks ago | 1

@mikestanmore2614

That's one brave cameraman!

2 weeks ago | 1

@MrLoobu

Cool thing about that is the main gun hides what's left of the flash and smoke.

1 week ago | 5

@TheArklyte

Open hatches(and commander hatch rotating like madman), second Churchill parked nearly right next to it and the very presence of film camera on top of what I assume a third tank gives me a suspicion that this was NOT during an engagement, but rather another propaganda reel setup that we always see from wars.

2 weeks ago | 1

@kevinohalloran7164

Wow, they're really hosing somebody, or something! I know the clip repeats, but still...

2 weeks ago | 6

@OtherWorldExplorers

How many bullets does it have. I've been watching for over an hour....

1 week ago | 2

@h74-s4h

It blew my mind when I found out that British tank machine guns in WW2 used German 8mm Mauser cartridges because they couldn’t convert the ZB guns to feed from .303 in time for the upcoming war

1 week ago (edited) | 0

@br-sb6vu

Mk VI maybe

2 weeks ago | 1

@christopheraaron9358

Damn they going full auto no 5 shot burst

1 week ago | 0

@SvenTviking

Firing 7.92 Mauser.

1 week ago | 0