76CHT003 Churchill Tank 142 RAC Tunisia 1943 option-set-231 3 x Point Motor Switches

3 x Point Motor Switches

Registered BC 9483

This was the point of no return as the attack sequence had begun

Appearing as a flatbed dray with chain sides

Between 1935 & 1936 7

76CHT003 Churchill Tank 142 RAC Tunisia 1943 option-set-231 3 x Point Motor SwitchesThis Churchill Mk III Tank is a reminder of the tank's deployment to North Africa between 1941 and 1944. Following the Second Battle of Alamein (Operation Kingforce), a military decision was made to despatch two Army Tank Brigades to Tunisia to support the First Army there. One of these brigades was the 142 (Suffolk) Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps. They arrived just as one of the major battles for Kasserine Pass was taking place and throughout 1943