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British flail tank on the Normandy beach, France, Jun 1944

Caption     British flail tank on the Normandy beach, France, Jun 1944 ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Marine Corps Robert Bare Collection
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Photo Size 3,894 x 2,769 pixels
Photos on Same Day 11 Jun 1944
Photos at Same Place Basse-Normandie, France
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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Visitor Submitted Comments

1. Dan Inbox says:
9 Apr 2019 06:31:24 AM

This is indeed a flail tank, but isn't it a Sherman Crab Mk2 rather than a Matilda?

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