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A dug-in tank of the 52nd Division near Gengelt, 31 December 1944

Photograph, World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945), 1944.

The tank is a Sherman Firefly which was fitted with a powerful 17-pounder anti-tank gun capable of knocking out any German tank. Gangelt was located on the Dutch-German border.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1985-10-134-24

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1985-10-134-24

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