Hello, new member here, A friend of mine just shared me some photos of early model Valentine tanks in Gibraltar. One has a distinguishable...
Here's another historical snippet I ran across. I posted it on my blog, but I thought I'd repost the text here. The Military Cross was given to...
Hi all, I was watching videos yesterday of the British testing of German armour at the Henschel testing grounds near Paderborn on July 4 1945,...
THE 8TH ARMOURED BRIGADE ENTRAINS AT NEWMARKET TO TRANSFER TO ITS PRE-INVASION ASSEMBLY AREA IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND (PART 3) [Allocated Title] THE...
I know very little about the Valentine but I do have access and permission to share digital images from two Vickers Works albums of photographs....
Hi all, I know I would probably get more responses asking on a Canadian forum, but canadaatwar.ca seems to have gone down again, sadly, so I'm...
A Valentine Tank which had the number T67003 painted on forward turret sides with “T123358” having previously been painted on left turret side is...
Hello Didn't find a mention on this excellent little book on the Valentine Tank here, so I put a link to my short year old review here. Valentine...
Reading Stephen Hamilton's 50th Royal Tank Regiment: A complete history and came across the interesting story of the first Valentine IX 6pdrs and...
Does anyone know what model of Valentines were the first ones shipped to the USSR? I'm guessing, since it took so long for Canada to get up and...
Hi all, Sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong place... For a little while I've been trying to find information in the Canadian archives about...
Hi all, The following image is from the section on Canadian-made Valentine tanks in Design Record, Canadian-Developed Military Vehicles, World...
I recently visited the Canadian Military Museum in Ottawa. It has a very good collection of armored vehicles, most of which are in running...
Hello all, I am trying to research my grandfathers war record and unit, he had a photograph of himself in uniform just prior to posting abroad....
In his diary for Sept 1944 , my father, a fitter in 3rd King's Own Hussars wrote: '1,2 September 1944 It is now evident what our special training...
Guys, I'm trying to find out more about this little number tucked away in the turrets of most British tanks - it fired through the mantlet on...
I have a question about British tanks in 21 Army Group, specifically those armed with 6-pounder guns. I have read John Buckley's book on British...
Does anyone know what proportion of the following tanks were fitted with auxiliary fuel tanks in the Western Desert? Matilda Valentine Crusader...
Hi guys I'm researching the Valentine MkXI which was I believe an RA OP tank at the end of the war. I have been told it was issued to RA unit's...
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