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                        churchill tank question

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                        Tankluver
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                          June 2006
                        churchill tank question
                        Posted by Tankluver on Monday, July 29, 2013 1:53 AM

                        Hi all, im reading a book about the dieppe raid, and looking through the pics of the churchill tanks, and I keep on seeing the epic of the Churchill tank, with what looks to be like an antenna raised on te engine deck, is this an antenna or is it something else, would it be on all Mk III churchill tanks.

                        http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=20462&sid=48fc23f089ee50e6ece1a4b93c5d753f

                        heres a link to a pic I found

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                        Jon_a_its
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                          April 2004
                        • From: UK
                        Posted by Jon_a_its on Monday, July 29, 2013 3:11 AM

                        If you mean the 2 bent pipes as here by Inside the Armour (other vendors like Millicast & Resicast are available Whisper) they are the exhaust pipe extensions, bolted directly to the the exhaust manifold, & part of the deep wading kit. 

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                        Tankluver
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                        Posted by Tankluver on Monday, July 29, 2013 1:53 PM

                        That makes sense, now was that on every Churchill at dieppe? Or just on a few

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                        Bish
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
                        Posted by Bish on Monday, July 29, 2013 2:06 PM

                        I would imagine they would be on all. Would make sense to only fit them to some. Heres some more

                         

                         As for which mark of Churchill, they were a mix of Mk I, II and III.And it says they were all adapted to wade in upto 6 feet of water.

                        http://northirishhorse.net/articles/Dieppe/16.html

                         

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                        Bish
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                        • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
                        Posted by Bish on Monday, July 29, 2013 2:13 PM

                        And if your after a kit, which I am guessing you are, Churchill are bringing one out(or may have even released it).

                        www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/.../afvclub.html

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                        stikpusher
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                          July 2004
                        • From: Sonora Desert
                        Posted by stikpusher on Monday, July 29, 2013 3:05 PM

                        I do not think that Churchill kit has been released yet.

                         

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                        Bish
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                        • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
                        Posted by Bish on Monday, July 29, 2013 3:20 PM

                        I did find one site which said 25th July, but as we know, that doesn't always mean anything.

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                        Tankluver
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                          June 2006
                        Posted by Tankluver on Monday, July 29, 2013 3:44 PM

                        Yeah, I was thinking of just getting a Mk. III and going from there

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                        Tankluver
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                          June 2006
                        Posted by Tankluver on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 2:59 PM

                        www.1999.co.jp/.../10220194

                        wouldnt this kit be the same? I was looking at the plans for it and it looks as if it has the deep wading kit on it?

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                        Bish
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
                        Posted by Bish on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 3:08 PM

                        I can't see the wading kit in the sprue layout. And there would also be the issue of markings. And I am not sure about the gun. The Mk III had a 6 pounder.

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                        Tankluver
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                          June 2006
                        Posted by Tankluver on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 3:46 PM

                        is the 6 pounder equivalant to a 75mm gun, there is a mrkin in there for 1942 I believe

                        is this a better kit for a dieppe churchill

                        www.1999.co.jp/.../10074671

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                        Bish
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                        • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
                        Posted by Bish on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 4:31 PM

                        I believe a 6 pounder is about 57mm, but I am far from an expert on these types of weapons. I do think that second kit would be a better option. Though as hide from the snorkels, I am not sure what other visible changes were made.

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                        stikpusher
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                          July 2004
                        • From: Sonora Desert
                        Posted by stikpusher on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 8:22 PM

                        Bish is correct, the 6 Pdr was a 57mm gun. It had a higher velocity and better AP capabilities than the US 75mm gun that was later mounted in Churchills, Cromwells, etc. but the 75mm had a superior HE round.

                         

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                        U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

                        N is for NO SURVIVORS...

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                        Tankluver
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                          June 2006
                        Posted by Tankluver on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 9:38 PM

                        I see, I heard the joke about the dieppe raid was that the Germans thoughts the churchills were used cause the British wanted to get rid of them

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                        bitbite
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                          July 2013
                        • From: Talent, OR
                        Posted by bitbite on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 9:59 PM

                        That's funny.  I hope it's true.

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