Priest Kangaroos in Italy?

[R Mark Davies]

Hi Mark,

I was just reading Delaforce's 'Desert Rats 2' as it happens, and on p.199 there is a photo of a DD Sherman, photographed on 30 April 45 and said to be a tank of the 7th Hussars (7th Armoured Brigade). However, on the turret side, there is the horse badge!

Now, the 14/20th Hussars had transferred to 7th Armoured Brigade for this operation, so do you suppose that this was one of their vehicles (in which case, they clearly had DDs as well)?

Cheers,

Mark.

PS A largely unrelated question - 7th Armoured Brigade apparently used several squadrons of DD Valentines in 1945 (7th Hussars had 'A' & 'B' Sqns equipped with DD Vals and 'C' Sqn with DD Shermans). Do you know if these were actually used in combat? If so, do you know what armament they had (2pdr, 6pdr or 75mm)?