Great picture. (2 Viewers)

[wayne556517]

This is why i collect great release and pic.

 

[Panzer ace]

Wayne-

Good call. I can't wait to see this one in person but for now this pic sure is nice. I especially love the pose of the figure, that little lean really adds to the realism.

 

[TomNT]

Your not wrong mate, this valentine is a ripper!

Tom

 

[PanzerAce1944]

That is an awesome shot of it for sure. Wayne mate....are you switching from Grey to Green ^&grin

 

[uksubs]

Did not know valentine were used by British army in 1944 / D-Day ?

 

[Rob]

This is why i collect great release and pic.

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Excellent pic, thanks for posting Wayne

Rob

 

[jazzeum]

If I know Wayne, he will have Obee repaint this as a captured tank and in....gray! {eek3}

 

[Mitch]

Your right mate, but we should overlook that issue!!!!!
Mitch

Did not know valentine were used by British army in 1944 / D-Day ?

 

[uksubs]

Your right mate, but we should overlook that issue!!!!!
Mitch

You mean by doing this^&grin. Joke :salute::

 

[damian]

Your right mate, but we should overlook that issue!!!!!
Mitch

So when were they used?

 

[uksubs]

So when were they used?

They saw action in the Western Desert and Russia

 

[damian]

So this version is totally inaccurate?

 

[jazzeum]

K & C doesn't say it was used in Normandy. The Dispatches said "Our 11th.Armoured 'Valentine' belongs to the 3/5 Royal Tank Regiment and appears as it would have in the months leading up to D.Day."

 

[waynepoo]

Some non desert Valetines.
Wayne.

 

[Phantom Warrior]

So when were they used?

I think they were the most produced British tank of WWII. More than 8000 were built in the UK and Canada. They were heavily used in North Afrika where they replaced the Matilda. 1/4 of the production went to Russia - the Russians liked it so much that when the Brits decided to stop making them, the Russians got them to continue production to the end of the war. They were also a key component of British Home Defence in the war's early years and for tank training right through D-day. They didn't go to Europe - they were replaced for D-Day and after in Europe by Shermans, Churchills and Cromwells.

Terry

 

[uksubs]

K & C doesn't say it was used in Normandy. The Dispatches said "Our 11th.Armoured 'Valentine' belongs to the 3/5 Royal Tank Regiment and appears as it would have in the months leading up to D.Day."

Well in the winter of 1943 11th armoured were using Sherman tanks not Valentines so make your own mind up

 

[uksubs]

I think they were the most produced British tank of WWII. More than 8000 were built in the UK and Canada. They were heavily used in North Afrika where they replaced the Matilda. 1/4 of the production went to Russia - the Russians liked it so much that when the Brits decided to stop making them, the Russians got them to continue production to the end of the war. They were also a key component of British Home Defence in the war's early years and for tank training right through D-day. They didn't go to Europe - they were replaced for D-Day and after in Europe by Shermans, Churchills and Cromwells.

Terry

Thing is Terry this tank is in 11th armoured div tank markings and from 1943 onwards they were using Sherman till the end of the war so it more home front than Normandy don't you think ? I also like to say what the harm in talking about this subject!.^&confuse

 

[uksubs]

Your right mate, but we should overlook that issue!!!!!
Mitch

What people don't know is this was one of Hobart funnie tanks and soon as the German tiger tank crews saw them in Normandy they would laugh themselves to death ^&grin

Joke ^&grin

 

[Mitch]

No harm at all this is what it is all about historical discussions and accuracy about what is in front of us. Where it was or was not etc it is all fascinating stuff and easily researched
Mitch

Thing is Terry this tank is in 11th armoured div tank markings and from 1943 onwards they were using Sherman till the end of the war so it more home front than Normandy don't you think ? I also like to say what the harm in taking about this subject!.^&confuse

 

[uksubs]

This is why i collect great release and pic.

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All joking aside it a good looking tank