A Kangaroo was a Canadian armoured personnel carrier (APC) during the Second World War which was created by converting a tank chassis. Kangaroos were created as an expedient …

The Tank, Infantry, Mk IV (A22) Churchill was a British infantry tank used in the Second World War, best known for its heavy armour, large longitudinal chassis with all-around tracks with …

2010年8月8日 · A letter from the Kangaroo's Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Churchill, to the Brigadier, Royal Armoured Corps at the headquarters of First Canadian Army dated 16 …

The field workshop named “Kangaroo” converted seventy-two M7 Self-Propelled Guns into APCs, by removing the main gun and ammunition storage, then reinforcing the infrastructure and …

To meet the demand for the number of Kangaroos required by not only the Canadian Army, but also the British Army 49th Armoured Personnel Carrier Regiment, Canadian RAM tanks (also …

Assault troops had to be in place by nightfall on August 9th, which gave Maj Wiggan’s soldier-technicians less than a week to create a new kind of armoured fighting vehicle, which would …

2014年10月16日 · In North-West Europe, during the later half of 1944 and into 1945, the Canadian Army used two types of armoured vehicles that came to be known as a Kangaroo. …

Both the Elgins and the Kangaroo Squadron were army-level assets of 1st Canadian Army. The second in command of the Elgins, G.M. Churchill, took command of the squadron in the rank …

Lt. Col. Churchill was truly the right man for the job. A Sergeant machine gunner in WW1, Churchill knew the face of war. With the new regimental status, he was now able to indent for …

The "Kangaroo" name in Canadian Army service covered a group of Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) that were modifications of existing tank chassis in service with the branch during World …