Churchills and Canadian Tank Brigades

[TColvin]

Yes, I have, thank you, and noticed that it re-stated but did not answer the problem. Let me explain.

Paragrapgh 52 reads; "The Churchill has been withdrawn from units of the Canadian Army, because, as an Infantry tank, it did not meet the needs of the Armoured Brigades. Army Tank Brigades have disappeared from the Canadian Army Overseas".

A Tank Brigade was equipped with the Churchill. An Armoured Brigade was equipped with the Ram/Sherman/Cromwell. Equip a Tank Brigade with a Ram/Sherman/Cromwell and it becomes an Armoured Brigade. This is what happened with 1 CATB for Husky.

It does not explain why the Churchills were replaced by Rams, thereby eliminating the Tank Brigades.

Tank Brigades were not eliminated in the British Army. Therefore the Canadian and British Armies in the same 21 Army Group were dissimilar, and that was not policy.