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Old February 10th, 2016, 08:33 PM

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Default Re: ANZAC OOB15 v.8.1 - few observations

According to a Polish article by T. Basarabowicz in "Militaria i fakty" 2/200, the first Australian tanks were ten Mk.VIa, delivered in 8/1937 only (also Osprey NV217 "British light tanks" says 1937)

Mk.VIc and earlier models were given only n 1940 in North Africa.

Osprey NV217 says, that six Mk.IIb were given to the 6h Divisional Cavalry Rgt in 10/40.

289 Rover - according to http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-.../lac-rover.htm and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_Light_Armoured_Car , delivered only from 4/42
Possibly a better name would be Rover LAC.
Wikipedia and http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww...r_light_AC.php claims, that armour was up to 16 mm in front, crew was 5, and speed was up to 80 km/h
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