A Scammell transporter carrying a Crusader tank, Egypt, 1943

Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North Africa (1940-1943), 1943.

The Scammell Pioneer SV/2S Heavy Recovery Tractor was developed in the 1930s and was in service with the British Army throughout World War Two and for many years afterwards. Approximately 3500 SV/2S heavy tractors were produced during the war.

From an album of 183 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).