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servicepub (RIP)

11-06-09 06:45

Identify beach vehicles

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The image is from D-Day+1. Can someone ID these two vehicles?

http://www.servicepub.com/images/dsc...chvehicles.jpg

Philliphastings

11-06-09 07:07

BARVs

Sherman BARV on the left and Caterpillar D6- D8 based BARV on the right.

BARV = Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle

Cheers

Phill

servicepub (RIP)

11-06-09 07:17

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Originally Posted by Philliphastings (Post 115044)

Sherman BARV on the left and Caterpillar D6- D8 based BARV on the right.

I saw the Cat but still can't see the Sherman - thnx for the education.
Clive

Niels V

11-06-09 10:17

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here some pictures of a sherman Barv

Mark W. Tonner

11-06-09 15:50

... spot the Sherman ...

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Originally Posted by servicepub (Post 115047)

I saw the Cat but still can't see the Sherman - thnx for the education.
Clive

... :doh: ... it must be the Haitian sun in your eyes ... or your getting to be ancient and your sight is fading ... :rolleyes

I've used a bright red arrow to point the Sherman (BARV) out to you ... :p

:D

Cheers

Harry Moon

11-06-09 21:54

direction

It's front end is on the left going in the opositte direction of the nearer MV.

Noel Burgess

13-06-09 23:55

Excellent photo Clive - could I ask where it came from. I hav not seen many photos of the wading D8. The information I have is that 50 of these were available for D Day, they were used by Beach Recovery sections of REME and could wade up to 6ft. Originally they were called Porpoises untill this name was given to the armoured sledge - they never got another name
Noel

Richard Farrant

14-06-09 00:01

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Originally Posted by Noel Burgess (Post 115184)

I hav not seen many photos of the wading D8. The information I have is that 50 of these were available for D Day, they were used by Beach Recovery sections of REME and could wade up to 6ft. Originally they were called Porpoises l

John Marchant had one these some years ago, with hull still in place and a friend of mine also had one once, but the hull had been cut down so that it could be used conventionally.

servicepub (RIP)

14-06-09 00:39

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Originally Posted by Noel Burgess (Post 115184)

Excellent photo Clive - could I ask where it came from.

Found it at Canadian Library & Archives. It is a detail of a larger picture which I will try to upload tomorrow.
Clive

Ed Storey

14-06-09 04:41

Beach Recovery

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Here is the image.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...rey/228-22.jpg

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