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Old 08-06-15, 16:40
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More pics taken in Italy

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Old 08-06-15, 20:00
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Not a CMP, but a Sherman M4A1(76)W fresh from the factory, it seems.

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Old 08-06-15, 20:18
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"Mud slows up advance in Italy"

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Old 08-06-15, 20:20
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Fox armoured cars in "The Town's Main Square"?

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Old 27-10-06, 00:17
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Two Ford F15A's, left one is CZ 4210971. It has the air recognition roundel on its roof.

"Canadian military units landing in Italy, 1943."
Credit: Canadian Army Overseas Photo, Department of National Defense, National Archives of Canada, PA175778
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Old 10-11-06, 16:43
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Found this one in TANKS iLLUSTRATED NO20 Allied tanks in Italy printed in 1985 so not sure if the book is still in print
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Old 21-11-06, 21:34
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From http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk
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Photo No.: NA 7669
Photographer: Bowman (Sgt)
No 2 Army Film & Photographic Unit
Title: THE CAMPAIGN IN ITALY, SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1943: THE ALLIED ADVANCE TO THE GUSTAV LINE
Collection No.: 4700-39
Description: The Volturno River 12 - 16 October 1943: Guns and vehicles of 48 Field Battery, 146 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery sink in mud during the advance to the Volturno.
Date: 8 October 1943
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Old 29-11-06, 14:42
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Found a couple more CMPs in Italy, the first a 3 tonner crossing a baily bridge
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Old 29-11-06, 14:44
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I think that should state constructing not crossing, heres the second a NO 12 cab 3 tonner passing a Morris C9B bofors prtee
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Old 29-11-06, 15:28
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C15A towing 6-pdr AT gun, 48th Highlanders, Italy, 1944.
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Old 25-12-06, 08:24
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Army Supply vehicles on their way to the front, packed along a track the Engineers ran through the Rapido River flats at the junction of the Rapido and Liri Rivers, near Cassino, Italy, 21 May 1944.

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Old 04-01-07, 23:26
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From: www.junobeach.org

"The Royal 22e Regiment landing on the beach at Reggio di Calabria on the morning of September 3rd, 1943

Photo by Alexander M. Stirton. Department of National Defence / National Archives of Canada, PA-177114."
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