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11th Armoured Division - Rhine campaign, Germany, 1945.

 

 

The very visible insign on the turret indicates that this Comet is part of a training unit in Great Britain.

 

 

 

1st Royal Tank Regiment, British Army - This tank participated at the Victory Parade, Berlin, Germany, 7 September 1945.

 

 

 

 

 

Artist's View !
The project was abandoned because the Churchill Crocodile was already fully satisfactory despite its slowness and the Comet was far too precious as a standard battle tank, still very rare at the end of the war.
In addition, if we consider that the excellent 77 mm gun of the Comet, would finally provide to a British tank, an effective range sufficient to compete with the German tanks at a long distance, it is a bit appalling to graft a flame thrower which is a weapon of very short range for a use as an infantry support tank!

 

 

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Comet Mk.I 1/35

 

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