what tank ? - 146th RAC - 9th DWR

Burma 1942: Royal Armoured Corps: 146 Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) | The National Archives
Reference: WO 172/700
Description:
Burma 1942: Royal Armoured Corps: 146 Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (RAC)
Date: 1942 June - Dec.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)

Burma 1943: Royal Armoured Corps: 146 Army Tank Regiment | The National Archives
Reference: WO 172/2261
Description:
Burma 1943: Royal Armoured Corps: 146 Army Tank Regiment
Date: 1943 Jan.- Mar.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)

146 Regiment Royal Armoured Corps | The National Archives
Reference: WO 172/4598
Description:
146 Regiment Royal Armoured Corps
Date: 1944 Oct.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)

There seems to be some date gaps in the WD's - so perhaps some more investigating required, somewhere in these it might also provide some ansers to questions

TD

File:The British Army in Burma 1945 SE3747.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

A Grant tank crew of 146th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps repair one of the tracks of their vehicle on the outskirts of Taungup, 4 April 1945.


Duke of Wellington's Regiment - Wikipedia
9th Battalion
The 9th Battalion was also converted to armour, becoming 146th Regiment RAC (DWR).[76]

 

If the water colourist has reproduced the gun correctly it looks to be a Medium IIA CS fitted with a 3.7 in howitzer for close support - the standard 2 pounder was thinner and longer

 

ah yes, found that one and a couple of others on here, really interesting

 

Is that an improvised wading kit? Haven't seen them on grants before. Great picture.

 

The Australians fitted wading kit to Grants. There seem to have been a number of variants. See this photo at the AWM
SOUTHPORT, QLD. 1944-01-13. A GENERAL GRANT M3 MEDIUM TANK OF THE 4TH ARMOURED BRIGADE FITTED ...
Others looked more like the wading kit used on M4s

 

Hi all,

Just wanted to pick expert brains once more - can anyone tell me what vehicle this is.

Many thanks

James

 

Looks like a Humber Mk IV

 

Looking closer its a Canadian Fox II which was a GM built copy of the Humber Mk IV

 

With machineguns and no cannon, if I remember correctly.

 

Browning Mgs not Besa and a 0.5 Browning instead of the 37mm. Whilst the Fox and the Humber had very similar hull and turret nothing completely matched.

 

One little snippet, when it was decided that all Allied vehicles would be marked with a big white star some took umbrage at the replacement of the red white red bi colour that had been used on Commonwealth and Imperial vehicles since 1918. None more so than some Canadians (who presumably had thoughts of the 1812 invasion). The result was that on some Canadian vehicles the star is just a wee bit off the vertical so as to say "Allied Yes, American NO! You can just see it on this one.

 

Lots of interesting info all - thank you. The vehicle is with the 146th RAC in 1945/6

 

To me it looks like Humber Armoured Car III, even if it was not a tank.

 

Nope the Humber Mk III had a different shaped turret to the one in the first photo which has the more rectangular turet of the Humber IV and the Fox II. Both photos have the barrel shielding found on the 0.5 Browning installation on the Fox

 

Hmm, that looks like an hitherto-unrecorded vehicle name to me!

Hang on a moment - in the first picture of an armoured car posted here, is that an RAF roundel on the side of the vehicle!?

 

I'm no expert but looks like sorting round. is that ususal ?

 

Ok, I just looked at the last picture, and made the conclusion between Humber AC Mk II and III based only on the number of men because so little on turret is shown.

 

What do you mean by "sorting"?

For a vehicle in the RAC I would have expected a circle in a single colour as a squadron identification emblem. (IIRC) But that looks to be at least two.

 

sorry - sorting = something, apologies. the joys of autocorrect.