49th Royal Tank Regiment
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49th Royal Tank Regiment, later 49th Armoured Personnel Carrier Regiment and 49th Armoured Carrier Regiment, was a regiment of the British Army's Royal Armoured Corps during World War II that operated
Matilda tank of 49 RTR advances through a smoke screen during an exercise near Dover, UK, 23 October 1941
Infantry of the 53rd (Welsh) Division in a Ram Kangaroo on the outskirts of Ochtrup, Germany, 3 April 1945
Ram Kangaroo at the Bovington Tank Museum
The 1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment was an armoured regiment of the Canadian Army formed during the late stages of World War II in the north west European theatre. It was formed in October 1944
49th Royal Tank Regiment
…with their turrets removed to transport an infantry section). Each squadron could carry one battalion. First Canadian Army already had an APC regiment (1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment), and 49 APCR would perform the same role for Second British Army. 49 RTR finally went into action on the night of 13/14 November 1944, ferrying forward…
A Priest Kangaroo in Italy, April 1945