A thornycroft tartar carrying a wireless body. This is a 3-ton 6x4 truck
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The Churchill Crocodile was a British flame-throwing tank of late Second World War. It was a variant of the Tank, Infantry, Mk IV (A22) Churchill Mark VII, although the Churchill Mark IV was initially chosen to be the base vehicle.
The Crocodile was introduced as one of the specialised armoured vehicles developed under Major-General Percy Hobart, informally known as "Hobart's Funnies". It was produced from October 1943, in time for the Normandy invasion.
The conversion kit consisted of the trailer, an armoured pipe fitted along the underside of the tank, and the projector, which replaced the hull-mounted Besa machine gun. The Crocodile retained its turret-mounted Ordnance QF 75 mm gun, so could still operate as a tank
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A Morris C8 GS: Introduced in 1944 this model used the basic chassis components of the C8 FAT to produce a 4-WD truck. Other models were radio, office, air compressor and water-tank.
The cargo truck could be found with either wood or steel body. It remained in service in the British Army until the middle 1950´s
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The Scammell Pioneer was a British 6×4 tractor unit used in World War II as an artillery tractor, recovery vehicle and tank transporter.
Designed as a 6×4 off-road vehicle for use in Britain's colonies where sealed roads were scarce, the Pioneer was first produced in 1927. Though lacking all-wheel drive, its combination of a suspension with great travel, excellent traction, and a low-revving engine gave it impressive pulling power on rough ground at low speeds.
Though not designed for military use, the British War Office purchased a single petrol engined example in 1932. Equipped as a tank transporter with a permanently coupled 18t semi-trailer, it was assigned to a training unit but did not initially catch on. Additional transporters were not purchased until 1937.
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Churchill Mk. I/II (Turret) which i think carried a small 2pdr gun
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