The Churchill

That compartment looks quite spacey, am I wrong?

And by the way, can someone please fill me up on how many Black Princes were built? I cant seem to locate that info.

Thanks in advance

 

Only six prototypes were built in 1945. The low max. speed (11 mph) was its Achilles's heel. :smok:

 

The Churchill was a very roomy tank, owing to it's suspension (wrap-around tracks similar to British WW1 designs, allowing the crew compartment to extend the full width of the tank at all levels).
The Black Prince was, in essence, a scaled-up & improved Churchill, so I think it kept the roominess.

 

I believe that the roomy hull was one of the reasons the churchill was chosen as the platform for many of the Hobart Funnies.

 

Achilles' heel?

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

 

And I thought my jokes were bad...
:lol:

 

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Desert Wolf, web site for you on Black Prince.
www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/741 ... rince.html

 

Thanks everyone for the info

 

Could Gerry Chester perhaps shed the light of Experience in this topic on the Churchill?