Churchill Mark II – Infantry Tank

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The Infantry Tank Churchill Mark II was the most numerous tank with a 2 pounder gun. General Staff number A22. Photographed in The Tank Museum, Bovington – England in 2017.

Infantry Tank Churchill Mark II – Photo 2017
Infantry Tank Churchill Mark II – Photo 2017
Infantry Tank Churchill Mark II – Photo 2017
Infantry Tank Churchill Mark II – Photo 2017
Infantry Tank Churchill Mark II – Photo 2017

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4 thoughts on “Churchill Mark II – Infantry Tank”

Tim on

Hi Patrick. From what I understand, this is actually a Mark I, because of the QF 3″ howitzer in the hull. I believe the Mark II just had a Besa hull MG in the hull instead of the howitzer.

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Patrick @(Tim) on

Hi Tim, thank you for the feedback.
It could very well be a Mark I. We don’t know much about this, but the Bovington museum calls it a Mark II, hence the name in the title. Over the years we have often seen that not everything has been named correctly, or is wrongly referend to, in museums. It could also be the case here.

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Owen @(Patrick) on

I can understand both of you calling this a Mark 1 Churchill tank, but if you look closely at the 3 inch howitzer gun in the hull it is placed in the wrong position in a machine gun mount, if you look at pictures of the Mark 2 churchill, you will see the same machine gun mount but mounting only a Besa Machine gun, so this tank was a Mark 2 and can still be seen as one, but modified to look like a mark 1, though its the wrong gun in the machine gun mount anyway, if it was me I would have left it in mark 2 configuration, but I guess it doesn’t matter but there you go, hope this solves any confusion.

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