Where are the cannon's???? I can see the oval recesses for them but they're covered over and there's no guns mounted??
 
Unit markings removed by wartime censors from the image of a Churchill tank knocked out in the ETO
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A34 Comet of 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, Petershagen, Germany. 7 April 1945
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Men of 'A' Company, 1st Battalion of the Jewish Brigade ride on a Churchill tank in the Mezzano-Alfonsine sector, Italy, 14 March 1945.
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Two Canadian Shermans in liberated Den Haag (“The Hague”) in May 1945. Both has extra track added for additional armor protection. On the right is a Sherman IB (M4 with 105mm howitzer) and a Sherman Firefly on the left.
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A Sherman IC Firefly of the 11th Armoured Division and other vehicles in the square of Putanges on 20 August 1944. The photo was taken from a window in the town hall. The other vehicles probably belonged to the 159th Infantry Brigade.
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Burned out Sherman from 3rd County of London Yeomanry (The Sharpshooters) frontally hit through the hull and turret cheek while advancing on Priolo in Sicily on July 11th 1943
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40th RTR C Squadron Valentine II "CULLODEN" after being knocked out at El Alamein in July 1942
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A sapper with a mine detector checking a Universal Carrier carrier blown up on a street in the French village of Tilly-sur-Seulles - 19 June, 1944
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New Guinea Campaign. August 1943. An exhausted Private Herbert Escreet of 2/5th Battalion, 6th Division (Australia), rests up during a halt on a track in the Mubo Areaa. Herbert enlisted 26 Apr 1940 and served until 06 Sep 1945, being awarded the Miltary Medal
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George Formby OBE performing “When I’m cleaning windows” for British Expeditionary Force troops in France, 13th March 1940.
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March 1942, East Anglia. An Blenheim IV light bomber flying low to lay a smokescreen during a demonstration of air power in front of a gathering of Regular and Home Guard officers and NCOs.
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Sgtt Griggs of 214 Squadron, points to minor damage to his Stirling after crash-landing at Stradishall, 28 June 1942. The aircraft was damaged by flak and fighters after attacking Bremen. The minor damage is referring to the hole he is pointing at not the crash landing ;)
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Sgt Frank Morton Griggs and members of his crew were each awarded the DFM for their actions during this mission which saw 3 enemy aircraft shot down. Griggs was later awarded the DFC while serving with 109 Sqn; and a Bar to his DFC while serving in Malaya.
 
A crew preparing for a night sortie in November 1941. Note the parachutes and map bags on the ground, and the thermos flask- an essential item of personal kit for a seven-hour flight on a draughty Whitley.
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Tiredness etched on the face of a young Halifax pilot of No 405 (Vancouver) Squadron, RCAF, after returning from an operation over Germany, July/August 1942.
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March 1945, Germany. Men from 9 Durham Light Infantry and supporting armour clearing the streets of Weseke
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March 1942, North Africa. A Crusader tank with "sun shield" lorry camouflage being unloaded on a transporter
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March 1945, Dorsten, Germany. Churchill tanks from 6 Guards Tank Brigade carrying paratroopers from American 17 Airborne Division
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March 1945, Brünen, Germany. Cromwell tanks from 8 Hussars, the recce regiment of 7 Armoured Division, massing for further advance
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