Security Troop, 9th Division Cavalry Regiment on manoeuvres in Aleppo, Syria. Each troop ...

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Accession Number 021104
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Frankland, George Rupert
Place made Syria: North Syria, Aleppo
Date made c November 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Security Troop, 9th Division Cavalry Regiment on manoeuvres in Aleppo, Syria. Each troop comprised three 5 ton tanks and three Bren Gun Carriers. On a straight run the tanks were capable of a speed up to 45 mph.