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For all the arguments about Nazi Germany's Tigers and Panthers of either their technical superiority or flaws, the sheer crude effectiveness of the Soviet Union's mass-produced hordes of T-34, the universal adaptability or the death trap that was the American M4 Sherman, there is one tank I can think of that is a close-and-shut case regarding its combat record.

Built by Vauxhall Motors and initially conceived on the expectation of a repeat of the trench warfare of World War One, its cross-country capability was without peer as it could scale terrain and obstacles that tanks of other nations could barely overcome. Even with its inauspicious debut on the 1942 Dieppe Raid, it would prove its worth later on in vast deserts of North Africa and scaling the mountains of the Italian peninsula, culminating in its ultimate battlefield iteration with the Churchill Mk VII as it came ashore on the beaches of Normandy, serving on up to the defeat of Nazi Germany and even seeing action in Korea.

Fitted with an even wider chassis, the Mk VII had double the armor of the vaunted Tiger I, allowing it to withstand a greater amount of punishment as it surged forward at a blistering max speed of 20 km/h (12.7 mph) and returning fire with its devastating 75mm gun.

The Churchill also became a versatile platform for various roles such as as a bridge layer, armored recovery vehicle, the AVRE armed with a 290mm (11") spigot mortar, and the flamethrower Crocodile which, according to this beige fellow , was one of the most effective weapons of WW2.

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Description
For all the arguments about Nazi Germany's Tigers and Panthers of either their technical superiority or flaws, the sheer crude effectiveness of the Soviet Union's mass-produced hordes of T-34, the universal adaptability or the death trap that was the American M4 Sherman, there is one tank I can think of that is a close-and-shut case regarding its combat record.

Built by Vauxhall Motors and initially conceived on the expectation of a repeat of the trench warfare of World War One, its cross-country capability was without peer as it could scale terrain and obstacles that tanks of other nations could barely overcome. Even with its inauspicious debut on the 1942 Dieppe Raid, it would prove its worth later on in vast deserts of North Africa and scaling the mountains of the Italian peninsula, culminating in its ultimate battlefield iteration with the Churchill Mk VII as it came ashore on the beaches of Normandy, serving on up to the defeat of Nazi Germany and even seeing action in Korea.

Fitted with an even wider chassis, the Mk VII had double the armor of the vaunted Tiger I, allowing it to withstand a greater amount of punishment as it surged forward at a blistering max speed of 20 km/h (12.7 mph) and returning fire with its devastating 75mm gun.

The Churchill also became a versatile platform for various roles such as as a bridge layer, armored recovery vehicle, the AVRE armed with a 290mm (11") spigot mortar, and the flamethrower Crocodile which, according to this beige fellow , was one of the most effective weapons of WW2.

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