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Old 03-05-08, 23:21
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Hi Guys,
have somebody ww2 pictures with malta camouflage vehicles?
Thanks Radek
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Title: THE BRITISH ARMY ON MALTA 1942 Collection No.: 4700-36

Description: Light Tank Mk VI, wearing the distinctive Malta camouflage, on a firing range, 24 March 1942.

Description: Instructors address troops from a Matilda tank in distinctive Malta camouflage, 13 April 1942.

Description: Matilda tanks, painted in distinctive Malta camouflage, give a gunnery demonstration during a training exercise, 13 April 1942.

Crates of powdered milk and foodstuffs being unloaded onto lorries from HMS WELSHMAN, 30 July 1942.

A Light Tank Mk VIC on exercise in the Maltese countryside, 24 March 1942
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1940 Cab 11 C8 Wireless with 1A2 box & 11 set
1940 Cab 11 C8 cab and chassis
1940 Cab 11 C15 with 2A1 & Motley mount & Lewis gun
1940 Cab 11 F15A w/ Chev rear ends
1941 Cab 12 F15A
1942-44 Cab 13 F15A x 5
1942 cab 13 F15A with 2B1 box
1943 cab 13 F15A with 2H1 box
1943 Cab 13 C8A HUP
1944 Cab 13 C15A with 2C1 box
1943 Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor
MkII Bren gun carrier chassis x 2

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Old 04-05-08, 04:04
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Light Tank Mk VIs during an exercise in the Maltese countryside, 24 May 1942.

A Matilda tank during an exercise in the Maltese countryside, 24 May 1942. Note the distinctive camouflage, and its inspiration - a stone wall - behind.

The crew work on the Vickers gun of a Light Tank Mk VI during an exercise in the Maltese countryside, 24 May 1942.

A camouflaged Bren gun carrier during an exercise in the Maltese countryside, 24 May 1942.

A 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun and crew, Malta, 12 May 1942.
Note the crews helmets are stonewall camo.
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1940 Cab 11 C8 Wireless with 1A2 box & 11 set
1940 Cab 11 C8 cab and chassis
1940 Cab 11 C15 with 2A1 & Motley mount & Lewis gun
1940 Cab 11 F15A w/ Chev rear ends
1941 Cab 12 F15A
1942-44 Cab 13 F15A x 5
1942 cab 13 F15A with 2B1 box
1943 cab 13 F15A with 2H1 box
1943 Cab 13 C8A HUP
1944 Cab 13 C15A with 2C1 box
1943 Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor
MkII Bren gun carrier chassis x 2
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Old 06-05-08, 21:53
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Light Tank Mk VIs during an exercise in the Maltese countryside, 24 May 1942.

A Matilda tank during an exercise in the Maltese countryside, 24 May 1942. Note the distinctive camouflage, and its inspiration - a stone wall - behind.

The crew work on the Vickers gun of a Light Tank Mk VI during an exercise in the Maltese countryside, 24 May 1942.

A camouflaged Bren gun carrier during an exercise in the Maltese countryside, 24 May 1942.

A 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun and crew, Malta, 12 May 1942.
Note the crews helmets are stonewall camo.


Many thanks, great pictures. Do you have any malta tillys?
Thanks Radek
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