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Nailcreek


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I finally found a good copy of "A Company, 301st Tank Battalion ~ Treat'em Rough".  The photos are pretty interesting, and I'll get down to scanning what I can over the next few weeks.  There's a picture of both sides of a ditched Mk.V Hermaphrodite which is pretty interesting. 


There are some other photos of Mk.V*s as well in a tank park ~ with unditching rails.  Could someone chime in as to whether the unditching rails were removed for use in France on the Mk.V's as they weren't considered necessary on Mk.V*s???


I know there was a question as to whether the 301st painted the front horns red-white-blue, but it doesn't appear so - even though I know that the orthographic film does render colors differently than pancromatic film.


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Nailcreek wrote:

rails.  Could someone chime in as to whether the unditching rails were removed for use in France on the Mk.V's as they weren't considered necessary on Mk.V*s???
In general unditching rails were used on Mk V*s, their extra length gave them better trench crossing but they could still ditch in boggy going etc. If you think about it Mk V* rails would need to be modified (shortened) to fit a Mk V.

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