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Originally Posted by maple_leaf_eh
The Light Aid Detachments and salvage crews would have kept these tanks running using parts and components stripped off more badly damaged tanks dragged to collection points. This particular function is written up in one of the references on the Sherbrooke Hussars wikipedia page. And, I think it was written by another MLU contributor. Evidence of this is to note the various patterns of roadwheels found on Tank Bomb.
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IWM photos B6328-B6331 are the collection point/graveyard at Bray though this is not mentioned in the caption. One tank is clearly Canadian.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ject/205205971
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ject/205415913
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ject/205415914
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ject/205415915
Source: https://imageshack.com/i/pnUDzYxxj
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/UDzYxx.jpg
Last edited by Hanno Spoelstra; 16-05-21 at 17:35.
Reason: attached photo for future reference
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