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Cover: London - A plaque before the Royal Tank Regiment Memorial

Address:
1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE, UK
Category:
Info
City:
London For all signs in London
Country:
United Kingdom For all signs in United Kingdom
Shape:
Rectangle
Material:
Metal
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Year:
2000
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On the cover:
ROYAL TANK REGIMENT MEMORIAL STATUE
THIS MEMORIAL STATUE DEPICTS THE CREW OF A WORLD WAR 2 COMET TANK WHICH WAS ISSUED TO THE ROYAL TANK REGIMENT IN 1945.
THE COMET HAD A CREW OF FIVE: COMMANDER, GUNNER, LOADER, HULL MACHINE GUNNER, DRIVER.
IT WAS EQUIPPED WITH A 77MM HIGH VELOCITY GUN AND POWERED BY A 600 HORSE POWER ROLLS ROYCE ENGINE.
THE COMMET PROVED TO BE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE AGAINST ENEMY TANKS OF THE DAY.

UNVEILED BY COLONEL IN CHIEF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II
13 JUNE 2000
FEAR NAUGHT

Photography:
2019
Eli Zvuluny
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Comments:
Plaque in front of the Royal Tank Regiment Memorial. And dedicated to the Comet Tank team, which was one of the only tanks that managed to handle the German tanks.

Fear Naught - Is the motto of the Royal Tank Regiment

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