Stellan,
The AA tank you are showing is British.
It is a Crusader III, AA Mk. II or Mk. III. It is fitted with twin 20mm Oerlikon AA cannon. The difference between the Mk. II and the Mk. III is only in the position of the radio. These AA tanks were used to equip the Anti-Aircraft troops in British, Canadian and Polish Armoured Regiments. The photo below shows a Crusader III AA Tank of the 1st Polish Armoured Regiment, 1st Polish Armoured Division in Normandy on 25 July 1944.
The 1st Polish Armoured Division was organized and equipped like a British Armoured Division.
The white “American Star” was adapted as the standard Allied Air Recognition Symbol and was seen on British, Canadian, Polish and US vehicles from early 1944 onwards.
John
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