British soldiers take time out in the lull of the fighting to clean their "Vickers" machine gun near the Italian town of Anzio.

Vickers machine gun


Never heard about 'Tropicalized' Defiant, but...
 Prototype N1550 with Vokes (?) filter in flight
 [strijdbewijs.nl]
Looks like it's unarmed too.
taken from fb

'Tropicalised' Defiant

British troops penetrate the Gothic Line.  Expert strategic maneuvering by British General Harold Alexander, who opened his offensive on August 25,1944  surprised the Germans, and the British 8th Army swept through the Plain of Lombardy, crashing through the Gothic Line.