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Author: Mark J. Bannerman
Published by Osprey Publishing Limited, 2005.
Pages 5-6.
Credit for the three Bovington Churchill photographs incorrectly given to Chris Shillitos
Page 62
The title on this page is incorrect for two reasons. The use of 'Army' in the title of Churchill equipped brigades was discontinued in 1942, and as the subject model 'Agile' (T68935) is one of 51st Royal Tank Regiment's, 21st TB should be 25th TB.
As stated in the penultimate paragraph, applying....homemade decals to represent the North Irish Horse, rather than those of 51st RTR is a mistake.
Page 63
The caption to the upper photograph should state that 'Boyne' was one of the North Irish Horse inventory of Na 75s.
Page 71
The statement During a lull in the fighting in the North African campaign...is not correct. The work replacing 2-pdr guns with 3-inch howitzers took place some months later in Algeria, the finished product being designated as Churchills Mark Ics. Units of 25th Tank Brigade received six each prior to shipping to Italy. Of particular interest, those delivered to the North Irish Horse were the only ones that had cupolas taken from PzKfw IIIs installed.
When the inventory of 3-inch howitzers was depleted, a few Mark Is had their howitzer mounted in the turret with a Besa mounted in its place. These were designated as Churchills Mark IIcs however, none were delivered to units.
Pages 74-5
The inclusion of Hodges' and Perrett's books, with their incorrectly captioned brigade insignia, which may be used by modellers, is regrettable.
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