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Armor/AFV: Allied - WWII
Armor and ground forces of the Allied forces during World War II.
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Allied Engineer Vehicle
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Posted: Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 01:41 PM UTC
What kind of vehicle did that allied Engineers drive during World War 2





Matt
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Posted: Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 04:31 PM UTC
Matt

There appear to have been several types (that I know of anyway):

US M31 - based on an M3 Lee/Grant chassis
US and British - based on M4 chassis (several different versions)
British - based on Cromwell chassis
British - based on Churchill chassis

Italeri produce a kit of the M32, but I am told that the hull is incorrect and will need an M4 hull to make it correctly.

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Rob
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Posted: Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 05:43 PM UTC
Allied Engineers (Field & Combat)could be seen driving anything from Jeeps through lt-med-heavy trucks to Halftracks to Heavily modified Shermans and Churchills with Mine Clearing, Flamethrower, Bridges and Demolition guns to name a few.
Electrical & Mechanical Engineers / ordnance Engineers were seen in just about any wheeled vehicle, Halftracks and Recovery and repair tanks such as the M31-32, Sherman ARV, Churchill and Cromwell ARV etc.
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Al
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Posted: Friday, September 07, 2007 - 12:03 PM UTC
Everything the allies had. Some examples the Canadians used were M3 scout, CMP, Diamond T, Jeep, Sherman ARV, among others. Comes from one of the horses mouths.

John
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