Re. "Camouflaged Tanks and Warflats" IWM photo series starting with : CAMOUFLAGED TANKS AND WARFLATS IWM H25184 : Object description - Original wartime caption: Tanks photographed on warflats without camouflage. Catalogued 7d11m1942. Photos taken by Lieutenant O'Brien - Find an object | Imperial War Museums THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1939-45 IWM H25185 - Object description : Churchill tanks on warflat railway wagons, 7 November 1942. Nearest vehicle is 'Cockermouth', a tank from 110th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps. nb. T31235. & 'Athos'. THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1939-45 IWM H25186 : Object description - Covenanter tank entraining onto a warflat wagon, 7 November 1942. CAMOUFLAGED TANKS AND WARFLATS IWM H25187 : Object description - Original wartime caption: Tanks photographed on warflats without camouflage. CAMOUFLAGED TANKS AND WARFLATS IWM H25188 CAMOUFLAGED TANKS AND WARFLATS IWM H25189 CAMOUFLAGED TANKS AND WARFLATS IWM H25190 : Object description - Original wartime caption: Camouflaged tanks and warflats. Etc. CAMOUFLAGED TANKS AND WARFLATS IWM H25199 CAMOUFLAGED TANKS AND WARFLATS IWM H25200 CAMOUFLAGED TANKS AND WARFLATS IWM H25201 : Object description - Original wartime caption: Camouflaged tanks and warflats. ----- x ----- x ----- The Story of Camouflage During the Second World War
Fascinating!. I notoce that photo H25185 shows Churchill tanks without their air intake covers. I remember reading somewhere that with the covers fitted they exceeded the railway loading guage. Have I remembered correctly? I have an unfinished model of a WD Austerity with Warflats and would like to get it right. I had forgotten this until now. Mike
There are quite a few modelling formus threads with posts that mention the need to remove and separately stow the Churchill tanks' air intake covers... tanks "warflats" chuchill tanks - Google Search Not sure if there are some matching ww2 pictures. Images - tanks "warflats" chuchill tanks - Google Search & tanks "warflats" chuchill tanks - Google Search
Thank you very much. Speedy, efficient service. I knew that WW1 tanks had their sponsons removed for the same reason and wondered if I had confused this with the Churchill. Mike
