September 1st, 2007, 08:12 PM
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Pedantry can be fun.
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Tetrarch (airborne tank) was only used at Op Varsity.
After Market Garden,seeing the need to support Para`s when engaging German Armour.
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Originally Posted by sommecourt
For the sake of accuracy, this is not correct. 6th Airborne used them on D-Day, but the vast majority were destroyed or immobilised (or the crews were killed or wounded) in the landings. The soft ground at Arnhem was seen as an even greater problem to land them, and from memory I don't think 1AB Recce ever trained with them.
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As a footnote, Tetrarch also served at Madagascar during Operation Ironclad, 1942.
Cheers,
Adam.
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