Summary:The A30 Cruiser tank Challenger in service with the 15/19th Hussars poses for the AFPU during 159th Infantry Brigade Group's operations at Vierlingsbeek.
Description:Selecting two specimens from the Hussars' 'B' squadron - one with its turret and gun barrel camouflaged with coniferous branches - the cameraman focuses on the main recognition features of the Challenger, notably its tall slab-sided turret and long 17-pounder gun barrel and the six pairs of large road wheels on each side of the hull. Three of the five-man crew in the second tank - gunner (?), commander and driver pose for the cameraman in their open hatches.
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:A70 180-3
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Film: IWM (A70 180-3)
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1944-10-15-1944-10-15
Production Country:GB
Production Details:Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Grant, Ian James (Production individual)
