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[John McGillivray]

The CMHQ Reports contain a number of errors. This reference to the 5CAD using Crusader gun tractors is one of them. It should have been the 5th A/T Regt and not the 5th Canadian Armoured Division.

The 4th A/T Regt which was a part of 5CAD used a mix of vehicles to tow their 17 pdr including halftracks, 2 ½ ton GMC’s, FAT's etc depending on what they inherited from the British 7th Armoured Division or what they could get their hands on in Italy; but no Crusaders.

Also 6th A/T Regt retained their Ram gun towers until the end of the war and did not convert to Crusaders.

Source “The Gunners of Canada” by G.W.L. Nicholson.