rpbcps Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 Link to a short Pathe film that I came across, showing a British soldier riding 'shotgun' with a TSMG, on a REME tank recovery vehicle, somewhere in the Western desert in 1942. Stay safe Richard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadycon Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 Dangerous job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Mills Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 Dangerous job!Begs the question how many of those blokes got picked off by sniper fire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim c 351 Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 Considering the open terrain , the guard would be better of with a BREN gun.Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpbcps Posted November 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 Maybe like a lot of Pathe movie clips of the time, it was only shot, no pun intended, for propaganda purposes. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hammer Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 Pretty sure this was all staged, as for either possible training indoctrination as to what to expect recruits would be actually doing in the field or it was made possibly for the folks at home as to "what a marvelous job our boys are doing out there on the front". The explosions just happened to be lined up with the trucks and cameras, and if there were REAL shells landing that closely NOBODY would be standing there and filming on a tripod with no camera movement. Pretty interesting all the same. Thanks for showing.MH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inertord Posted November 22, 2020 Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 The explosions appear to be 1/4 pound TNT Charges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mk VII Posted November 23, 2020 Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 (edited) The Australian cameraman Sgt Len Chetwyn's unit were notorious among the other AFPU camera units for doing this sort of thing. Many of the most 'dramatic' still and movie shots of the desert war come from him. The Crusader is from 3 Royal Tank Regt in 4 Armoured Bde. Edited November 23, 2020 by Mk VII Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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