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    abandoned WW2 tank wrecks ...

    in MV Chatter

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    Yep, Churchill MkII.

    "Churchill Mk II hull – Springhead Hill, Storrington (UK)

    "It was during the training leading up to the Dieppe raid that 'A' Squadron, 14th Canadian Army Tank Battalion (Calgary Regt.),

    suffered what was then unceremoniously termed a 'dead-head'. This was the serious breakdown of a tank, and it is believed that due

    to the impending Dieppe raid and the gradual re-supply with Mark IIIs, this 'dead-head' was deemed as unsuitable for repair and

    withdrawn from service. It was then handed over to the infantry units of the 2nd Canadian Army Division and taken by them to the

    infantry training grounds above Storrington. Here the tank was used as a range target being fired upon by PIAT anti-tank weapons,

    amongst others, and when the troops pulled out after the war, was left sitting on the Downs. After the war, a member of the range

    clearing teams, who now lives in Storrington, remembers that to remove the tank it was simply rolled over into a bomb crater and

    buried. On 20 November 1993, the tank was recovered by the R.E.M.E. having been unearthed over the previous years by a number

    of hardy enthusiasts. Once rolled out of its grave it was placed on the edge of the field where it remains to this day." (Glen Carter). The

    turret has been used to aid restoration of another Churchill (Michael Fairbrother)"

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