Old Git Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 (edited) Found a wee bit of footage on IWM which shows several Cromwells from, what I believe to be, C Sqn, 2nd Northants Yeomanry, Troops 1 and 2. All of them are sporting some form of Zimmerit on the Turret. There are at least three indentifiable Cromwells; Achilles T187676 and Agamemnon T187714 (from 1 Trp) and Galahad from 2 Trp (no Census #). Seems as though naming their tanks after ancient warriors was a thing for C Sqn and 1 Troop appears to be all names beginning with A so we can probably assume 2 Trp had a Cromwell named Gwain. Link below...Have grabbed some stills from this and will try to upload them to the post. Lookout for the ant-magnetic wainscotting in the last couple of frames, 😉 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060008139 Edited June 4, 2019 by Old Git adding something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Git Posted June 4, 2019 Author Share Posted June 4, 2019 First Still, not sure which Cromwell but from 2 trp Second Still shows Achilles Third Still Shows Agamemnon Last two stills show Galahad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whittingham warrior Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 The wickerwork basket effect on the Crusader AA is also note worthy. I don't recall seeing anything on Zimmerit on British tanks in action, but there it is well spotted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatchFuzee Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 More information on British use of Zimmerit:- https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwi84vDf_NHiAhULWhoKHTAeBfUQzPwBegQIARAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tanks-encyclopedia.com%2Fww2%2Fbritish-work-on-zimmerit%2F&psig=AOvVaw0Aopq-_7ZRMjDK8UD8TwuA&ust=1559811490823381&cshid=1559725088494 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Git Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 According to the link provided by Matchfuzee this isn't a type a of Zimmerit paste on these Cromwells but 'Rubber Strips', I'd like to know the provenance of that assertion because those stills would seem to indicate a paste rather than 'rubber strips', although I concede I may be seeing what I want to see. When I first saw this footage I wondered if this Recce unit had over-run a German Maintenance unit and grabbed whatever stores of Zimmerit paste that were laying to hand. I think I'd like to see the war diaries for 2nd Northants to see if there's any reference to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lssah2025 Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Yes these are Rubber Strips, which were applied to the turrets, to prevent magnetic mines from being attached. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Herbert Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 In the last two photos at least you can clearly see that at the bottom it is ribbed rubber matting that is not properly glued to the armour. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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