Crusader gun tractor Mk1 towing 17pdr anti tank gun

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The Crusader gun tractor was a converted Crusader tank with the turret and superstructure removed, it was used as a prime mover for 17 pounder anti tank guns. This example is moving down Rue Bayeux in Creully past the E. Riding tobacconists shop and Girard grocers shop. It was named Duntocher, after a village in Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

This vehicle has a wading kit installed on the superstructure which increased the height of the vehicle enabling it to wade in deeper water without getting swamped.

This vehicle was part of the 91st AT Reg, Royal Artillery (ex 5Bn the The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, became 91 AT Reg, RA in 1941). This regiment was part of VIII Corps.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusader_tank#Crusader_II.2C_Gun_Tractor_Mk_I

Same location today

http://www.flickr.com/photos/39164283@N07/3889822315/