Churchill Mk IV - Saumur Tank Museum - Walkaround.

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The Churchill MkIV A20/A22 was a
British heavy infantry tank used in
WWII. it was a replacement for both
the Matilda and the Valentine.

The Churchill is best known for its
typically trench-warfare feutures
and heavy armour.

It turned to be one of the heaviest Allied tanks of the war, and during the battle of France,
in 1940, the British needed to
rethink there initial design
because it turned out
to be obsolete.

The A20 was urgently
upgraded to the A22 and
the second major improved Churchill
was the MK.VII, and the
Battle of Normandy in 1944.

The Churchill was able to cross
the muddy grounds and forests
that other tanks could not have
managed and the Churchill
was used as several platforms,
like the Churhill Oke,
Assault Bridge, Minesweeper,
AVRE, Bobbin carrier,
ARV, Crocodile and even a
Kangaroo version.

The Churchill was used by
British and Commonwealth forces
in North Africa, Italy and
North-West Europe. In addition
a few hundred were supplied
to the USSR and used on
the Eastern Front.
After the war it was
used in the Korean War.

The Churchill at the Saumur Tank
Museum has no recorded
history but has a interesting
external mantlet, that was a
field modification made by the
crew during the war.

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