WAR OFFICE A.F.V. RECOGNITION WALL CHART No. 1 Chart has no date on it , anyone know when it was issued. 1944/45? Keith
Wouldn’t have thought there was any need to identify Grants or Matilda IIs in either 44 or 45 so maybe 43?
Link to info on the Tetrarch light tank on the poster Vickers Mk VII (A17) (Tetrarch) Air-Droppable Light Tank - United Kingdom
Would the Grant or Matilda still technically have been in service in Southeast Asia? I came across a recognition "card" (poster sized) for the Comet recently with similar silhouette graphics.
On the other hand I think you are more likely correct about the date! Look at what is NOT there. No artillery SPs, no Firefly, no Churchill AVRE, no Humber Mk IV, no Crusader AA, no Staghound...
HI Just a punt, but could the "No.1" be it's version and a later version would be therefore called "No.2". This could then be early war. It still has Valentines on it and they were pretty rare towards the end. Gus
The Grant's presence means it can be no earlier than 1942. but yes, I'm sure that's the version number!
Based on this, possibly September 1942. AFV (Armoured Fighting Vehicles); Recognition Part 1, September 1942; British and Allied Turreted AFV's | The National Archives
I don't think they had 'blue-on-blue' in WW2. Own troops would be 'red-on-red',so 'Blue-on-Blue' only to be encouraged!
British and Commonwealth own forces were traditionally red but the French and Americans used blue for themselves and red for the opposition (which had, of course, been us on occasion). Guess who had to compromise...
Hi, I hope that posting this will be considered contributing to the thread, as I do not want to take away from discussing the wall chart. The labels on this read "Individual tank recognition card no. 25", "Comet", and "Silhouette Scale - 1/40th" which matches the wall chart.
It’s part of a series. No. 2 Russian AFVs War Office AFV Tank And Armoured Vehicle Chart. No 2 russian WW2 | eBay No. 5 Japanese AFVs. War Office AFV Tank And Armoured Vehicle Chart. No 5 japenese WW2 | eBay At the IWM: Tank recognition charts [nos.1-4] illustrating and describing all types of Allied and enemy armoured fighting and reconnaissance vehicles. Production date: Unknown. News Chronicle (Publisher).
Incidentally, does anyone know if these exist in some sort of reproduction form? I think they could be made into a good t-shirt design, not to mention the Tank Museum could sell a reproduction of the poster.
TANQUIZ I (REVISED) [Main Title] TANQUIZ II (REVISED) [Main Title] TANKTEST I (REVISED) [Main Title] TANKTEST II [Main Title]
Those TANKTESTs are hard. I would have to say good, realistic training given that you're only given a couple of seconds of tootage and have to identify the vehicle in that time.