Sherman Crab flail tank under test with the UK 79th (Experimental) Armored Division Royal Engineers, 27 Apr 1944

Caption   Sherman Crab flail tank under test with the UK 79th (Experimental) Armored Division Royal Engineers, 27 Apr 1944 ww2dbase
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Source    ww2dbaseImperial War Museum
Identification Code   4700-37 H 38080
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Added By C. Peter Chen
Added Date 1 Jul 2008

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1. Anonymous says:
13 Feb 2015 03:17:36 AM

My father was in these tanks in ww2, but cant get any info on himself....why do you think that is ? .... is there no list of names for 79th ?

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