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Churchill Gunner's Escape Hatch
Looking through the gunner's padded hatch to a good view of the flame gun assembly. The handle protruding to the rear is the control, and to its left one can see the headrest immediately above the sight. The hoses below are for the flame medium and nitrogen propellant; they run through the interior of the tank right to the rear, where they connect through to the armoured trailer through heavy-duty couplings. In an infantry version of this tank, this gun would be a standard 7.92mm BESA machine gun for close support.

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