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28juni14


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Hello Tank experten !

When did grousers come into use with the Rhomboids ?   Just to clear my befuddled head, were their use invisioned with the MkII ?  Thanks, folks. 



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Paul Bonnett


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Hi, There is a photo on this site in the tanks section showing a MkI with grousers

Paul

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Grousers were certainly fitted to tanks at Arras.

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28juni14


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Thank you, gentlemen.   I recall the much photographed KO'd specimen that every feldgrau with a Kodak must have taken a picture of, but wasn't sure what Mark it was.
I am currently building the Scale Link MkIV, and in 1/32 scale brass & white metal,  it is a whopper of a model.

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I thought that grousers/track extenders were not used the first time the Mark I tanks were used, but were used the second time they were used along with the Mark II tanks (at Arras, as Centurion says).

There are quite a few photos of bashed up Mark II tanks with the grousers on:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7700258@N05/2334767397/

and there is the famous photo of a Mark I (at Arras) with grousers on:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7700258@N05/2360804923/in/set-72157601073014868/


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28juni14


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The MkII with the blown visor is the tank pic I've alluded too.

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