Ah, the origin of the gas decontamination furphy. There are hundreds of misnamed or misidentified photos and objects in the AWM. Mike Cecil would know more than most that a degree in museum or film conservation does not a military expert make.
Apart from the fact the sloping back made almost no difference to any washing with 2/3 of the upper surface still horizontal, a division might have 3,000 vehicles but the only ones they wanted to wash down easily were 100 gun tractors?
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