specialist tank
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19720252-001
- Event 1939-1945 Second World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Broom & Wade
- Date Made 1944/06/
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - CanadaContinent - North America, Country - Canada, Continent - Europe, Country - United Kingdom
- Category Distribution and transportation artifacts
- Sub-category Land transportation, motorized
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1944/06/01
- Latest 1944/06/30
- Brand Name / Model Mk IV RE Great Eastern Ramp
- Inscription (painted on rear in white):DC-NO; VEH-3240; MECH; (plaque): CHURCHILL IV RE MAKERS NO BW9229 WT W.D.No T172796/D DATE 6 44
- Pattern Name Churchill;;;Curchill
- Service Component British ArmyCanadian Army
- Measurements Height 309.88 cm, Length 899.16 cm, Width 342.9 cm
- Caption The Great Eastern Ramp
- Additional Information Fully extended, the Great Eastern Ramp formed a roadway that allowed other vehicles to drive over walls up to 3.6 metres high. Built on the hull of a Churchill tank and tested in combat towards the end of the Second World War, Great Eastern Ramps were never used on a large scale. The Canadian Army acquired two of these vehicles after the war.