Petard Mortar on a Churchill AVRE Tank; Second World War
The Petard mortar on a Churchill AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers) tank, France, 1944. The Churchill AVRE tank equipped with a Petard mortar, was designed to attack bunkers and concrete strongholds. The charge fired by the mortar was popularly known as a Flying Dustbin
Picture No
10218148
Media ID
45987403
Size
4955px x 4617px
(3.3MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph in The Illustrated London News', 23 September 1944, page 353
Date
1944
