Ram Tank photos

[Roger Lucy]

Interesting, I had seen the picture before, but not the caption indicating it was of the first Ram. Here it is on it's official roll-out at MLW on 30 June 1941, being inspected by CD Howe and Col.Ralston. It's pretty amazing, from a twinkle in DND's eye to the first prototype in a little under 10 months!

[Hanno Spoelstra]

In the early days after WW2 the Swiss Army museum at Thun had a Ram Tank on display.

This raises a few questions:

1) What was a Ram tank doing in Switzerland? Did they procure an example for testing after WW2?

2) As the Ram is no longer in the collection at Thun, who knows what happened to it? Expended as a range target?

"Josiane Blaser: Posing on an M4 Shermann tank (sic). My dad at recruit school or rehearsal class.
He had attended his school from July 3, 1944 to October 28, 1944. ER II / 2 Cp mitr.IV. Then active service from January 6, 45 to March 27, 45."

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Source: https://notrehistoire.ch/entries/ELJYMkpQ85R

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Source: https://notrehistoire.ch/entries/XEVY79Xq8GL