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Turretless Stuart V tanks were used as recce*
carriers in Polish 2nd Armoured Brigade, fighting*
in 1944-1945 in Italy (among others, Monte Cassino*
and Bologna). *
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Similar turretless Stuart VI recce were also used*
since November 1944 in the 10th Mounted Rifles Rgt*
of the 1st Armoured Division, fighting in*
the Netherlands and Germany (the rest of the 1st *
Division used ordinary Stuart VI tanks).*
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