M19 tank transporter
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The M19 tank transporter was a heavy tank transporter system used in World War II and into the 1950s. It consisted of a 12-ton 6×4 M20 Diamond T model 980 truck and companion 12-wheel M9 trailer.
M19 tank transporter system (M20 truck and M9 trailer) carrying a Grant tank
Diamond T tank transporter with a Churchill tank during preparations for crossing the Rhine
Diamond T tank transporters of the British Army with a load of a Grant ARV, followed by one with a Grant gun tank, in Burma, 1945.
Diamond T M20 ballast tractor used by the Dutch Army
Thornycroft Antar
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The Mighty Antar was a heavy-duty 6×4 tractor unit built by Thornycroft from the late 1940s onwards. For some decades it was the standard tank transporter of the British Army and was also used by othe
M19 tank transporter
…It was superseded in the U.S. military by the M25 tank transporter during the war, but usefully redeployed in other tasks. It was superseded by the Thornycroft Antar in British service by the early 1950s, though a few remained operational in units through 1971. Designed as a heavy prime mover for tank transporting…
Antar Mk2 tractor and DAF trailer with Centurion tank load
Antar tractor and DAF trailer (Dutch Army)
Mk1 Antar ballast tractor (Dutch Army)
Ballast tractor body (Dutch Army)