Re: Tank crew heights?
Hi CanadianCitizen
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Current Canadian Forces slang for armoured crew guys/girls is "zipper heads " reffering to their facial and skull scars/stiches, due to banging heads inside the Lav 3's and Coyotes.
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A very common wound in the Tank fraternity, specifically experienced by Tank Commanders, was losing at least part of a finger whilst closing the tank turret flap, which had a nasty habit of slamming shut without sufficient warning  .
I knew at least two men in my Regiment who had suffered this indignity 
Ron
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During the period October 1942 to January 1947 my wartime "Cook's Tour" took me to the following places:
North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Austria, Egypt & Germany.
My units were the: 49th Light Ack Ack Rgt.RA and
The 4th Queen's Own Hussars.
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