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79th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)

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In March 1943 Hobart met Brooke who gave him the role of developing and training a division of specialist armoured vehicles that would lead the invasion of France in 1944 The initial new organization of the 79th was a tank brigade, an armoured brigade, and a Royal Engineers assault brigade; this was
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The 79th Armoured Division was disbanded on 20 August 1945. Hobart subsequently commanded the Specialized Armour Development Establishment (SADE), which was formed from elements of the 79th together with the Assault Training and Development Centre.
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armoured personnel carrier was a self-propelled gun or other armoured vehicle, surplus to requirements which was converted by removal of the gun or turret into an infantry carrier. The Kangaroo was not developed until after the D-day
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but ill-health meant he was considered unfit to command the division in battle and he had to give up the appointment. In 1942 Hobart was selected to train another new division.
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was a Sherman tank converted for amphibious use with twin types of locomotion: tracks and propellers; the design was used by the Allies in the opening phases of the
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was a Churchill VII tank in which the hull machine gun was replaced with a flamethrower; fuel was carried behind the tank in an armoured wheeled trailer.
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tank designed to clear a safe path through a mine-field by deliberately detonating mines in front of the vehicle; the design was first used during the
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The 79th Armoured Division was first raised as a conventional armoured division, with one Armoured Brigade, one Infantry Brigade and supporting arms.
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The Churchill Armoured Ramp Carrier ('ARK') was a turretless Churchill tank with ramps at either end which, when lowered, could form a mobile bridge.
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The 'Bobbin' Carpet Layer was a Churchill AVRE fitted out with a roll of matting for laying on a beach or other soft surface.
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The Small Box Girder ('SBG') bridge layer was a Churchill AVRE fitted and lay a bridge large enough to cross a 30 foot gap.
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Initially the division based on the 27th Armoured Brigade included infantry, artillery and engineers but the infantry unit,
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The Fascine Carrier was a Churchill AVRE which could carry and lay large bundles of sticks to repair holes in the ground.
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commanded the division and was in charge of the development of armoured vehicles that were solutions to problems of the
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personnel carrier being used by infantry of 53rd (Welsh) Division, on the outskirts of Ochtrup, 3 April 1945
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and went into retirement. He was brought back into regular army by Churchill in 1941 to train the new
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Orders of Battle, United Kingdom and Colonial Formations and Units in the Second World War, 1939–1945
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This is the order of battle for the division on 23 March 1945, which was the commencement of the
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Hobart gave firm direction and the strange-looking tanks it developed and operated were known as
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and, occasionally, to American units outside 21st. Again they were of significant use during the
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expanded with additional brigades of the new armoured vehicles developed by the 79th.
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Churchill AVRE from 5th Assault Regiment, Royal Engineers - Sword Beach, 6 June 1944.
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AVRE with Fascine Carrier (a cradle that could tilt forward to deposit fascine)
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Hobart's 79th Armoured Division at War: Invention, Innovation and Inspiration
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Sherman Crab; flail lowered into a dip; turret traversed rear to avoid flails
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mounted on a tank which could be deployed to dazzle and confuse enemy troops.
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The 79th was formed as a standard armoured formation serving in the UK under
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This is the order of battle on 17 September 1944, at the beginning of
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that fired a 40 pound (18 kg) "Flying dustbin" demolition bomb.
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Swimming Shermans: Sherman DD Amphibious Tank of World War II
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55th (Suffolk & Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, RA
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Duplex Drive Sherman tank with its flotation screen lowered
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The story of 79th Armoured Division October 1942-June 1945
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Small Box Girder bridge layer in North-west Europe 1944-45
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Royal Engineers and Second World War (Assault Engineers)
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150th (South Notts Hussars Yeomanry) Field Regiment, RA
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Armoured divisions of the British Army in World War II
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M3 tank fitted with Canal Defense Light in the turret
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1945
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2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons)
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amphibious landing on the defended French coastline
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Index


Badge
United Kingdom
British Army
Division
Second World War
Battle of Normandy
Battle of the Scheldt
Operation Clipper
Operation Plunder
Battle for the Roer Triangle
Sir Percy Hobart
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British Army
Second World War
Normandy invasion
Percy Hobart
amphibious landing on the defended French coastline
Hobart's Funnies
landings on the beaches
North-west European Campaign
21st Army Group
Rhine crossings

30th Armoured Brigade
Humber Scout Car
7th Armoured Division
British Troops in Egypt
11th Armoured Division

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