Hi all as we are at the start date (well plus one day) of the first battle of El Alemain in 1942. I was wondering which Tank was available to the British Forces in the largest numbers at this time. Brum
I cannot give numbers for each, but these were some of the tanks in service: Cruiser Mk VI (Crusader) M3 Stuart light tank M3 Grant/Lee medium tank By 2nd battle, about 300 M4 Shermans were in theatre, but I don't think they saw much service in 1st battle.
Originally posted by Brummy@Jul 2 2004, 09:28 AM Hi all as we are at the start date (well plus one day) of the first battle of El Alemain in 1942. I was wondering which Tank was available to the British Forces in the largest numbers at this time. Brum Although only six Churchills went into action at El Alamein, their contribution to the victory is significantly out of proportion to the small number that took part. As their performance is rarely acknowledged, I have written a short account which may be of interest: http://www.geocities.com/vqpvqp/nih/Articles/7.html
Originally posted by Gerry Chester+Jul 2 2004, 08:40 PM-->(Gerry Chester @ Jul 2 2004, 08:40 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'> <!--QuoteBegin-Brummy@Jul 2 2004, 09:28 AM Hi all as we are at the start date (well plus one day) of the first battle of El Alemain in 1942. I was wondering which Tank was available to the British Forces in the largest numbers at this time. Brum Although only six Churchills went into action at El Alamein, their contribution to the victory is significantly out of proportion to the small number that took part. As their performance is rarely acknowledged, I have written a short account which may be of interest: http://www.geocities.com/vqpvqp/nih/Articles/7.html [/b]Although the maps on this site are labelled 1st and 2nd battle, they are in fact two operations during the 2nd battle. 1st el Alamein was fought in July 1942 and in fact marked the end of the last Axis offensive in North Africa.
Originally posted by morse1001@Jul 3 2004, 09:49 AM Then what was 2nd El Alamein? That was the one fought by Monty lol I had realised that. My real point was that 2nd Alamein halted a later Axis offensive than was halted at 1st Alamein.
Originally posted by BeppoSapone@Jul 3 2004, 03:06 PM My real point was that 2nd Alamein halted a later Axis offensive than was halted at 1st Alamein. I disagree. The 2nd battle (in other words the battle) of el Alamein was a British offensive through and through, which is not to say that the Germans did not mount counter-attacks. The fact remains that the Germans launched no new offensives after the first battle, except for the three day battle of Alam Halfa, 31 August to 2 September, which got them nowhere.
