Hi Andreas, I will go out on a limb and say ... "Valentine" and because of the pennant/s on the wireless antenna a command tank. Regards, Mick D.
Yest to the Grant in the foreground. In the back, I would lean towards the Crusader which has five road wheels. The Valentine has a very noticeable space between it's first set of three road wheels and it's second set of three road wheels. regards, Jack
The Grant has a .30 Browning M1919A4 MG in an AA mount on the turret. All Mk I Grants with the British turret had provision for the AA MG, but you seldom see it mounted in pictures.
Hi, I understand about the difference in the Tanks wheel layout now. Worth a shot though Command Tank pennants ? Regards, Mick D.
Thanks all for the ID. Not really needed anymore? Handed over to the infantry/trucks? B*tch to operate and somewhat pointless? I have a number of pictures of Stuarts from Jan 42, where they all sport the AA Browning. Cheers Andreas
JackGe Small point but the Crusader had 10 road wheels - Churchill 44 - forgotten what Valentine had but more than 20 - had to grease them every day Cheers
Concur that tank in the background is the Crusader. Tank in foreground is Humphrey Bogart's Lulubelle san its commander 30 mg turret.
'Lulubelle' was a Lee, but we can tell by the more bulbous turret that the tank in the photo here is a Grant. As you say, it didn't have the extra mg turret.
I was trying to be funny. Anyway, of the two vehicles, I like the bigger turret of the Grant and the relocation of the radio into the turret. Now it's only a grave for six brothers instead of seven (Russian nickname for the tank).
