A New Zealand soldier and a Churchill Crocodile tank in the Senio River area of Italy, April, 1945.

Kiwi soldier

Tankers of the 6th South African Armored Division clean their guns, North Africa, ?1941-'42.  At this stage, the South Africans were somewhat "on the hind tit" when it came to allocation of equipment.  Hence, the photo includes US M3 - both "Lee" and "Grant" variants, a British Cruiser, and an M4 Sherman.  The South Africans do not seem to have found this sort of thing too confusing - they fought with distinction through North Africa, and subsequently in Italy.  Best regards, JR.

Cleaning the guns - South African armor.

This phot comes from a FB forum on WW2.The comment is of a member:Clive Moore.He states:
'The helmets did come from Vickers (in England) and were replaced by the British Mk II model from 1940 onwards. Although wikipedia have captioned the photo 1941, it's also captioned in Ian Woods book 'Ireland during the Second World War' a being taken in1940. Unfortunately it doesn't credit the original source, but I'd be inclined to think it's the earlier date. Eire operated 13 Rolls Royce armoured cars and the final ones were withdrawn from service when the supply of tyres finally ran out. However one is still in existence and kept in running condition by the Irish Defence Forces. And it's one of only two complete originals left in the world!'
from my fb