AA tank on Juno Beach? Crusader? Centaur?

[Alex van de Wetering]

Hi Guys,

Last night I was reading a book on D-Day and I stumbled upon the well known picture taken at Juno Beach, which shows an LCI Landing craft embarking and Churchill AVRE's on the small beach, some of them allready moved inland over the beach-wall.

One of the vehicles on the beach is an AA tank, not the twin Polsten or Oerlikon, but the one armed with a Bofors 40mm on top. I Guess it is a Crusader or Centaur based tank, but I am not able to find any more info on this vehicle. Does anyone have anymore pictures, info, drawings? I would really like to construct a scalemodel of this one.

Unfortunately I wasn't able to find the picture in better quality, online. So, I hope everyone knows the picture, I mean.....

thanks, Alex



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