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Sign: Latrun - Yad La-Shiryon - Tank Display - Cromwell Tank


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Latrun, Israel
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On the sign:
טנק קרומוול
CROMWELL TANK


[אייקונים המציינים את מפרט הטנק]
תותח: 75 מ"מ
מקלעים: 2X7.92
מספר פגזים: 64
משקל: 28 טונות
כח סוס המנוע: 600
מספר אנשי צוות: 5

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שני טנקי קרומוול נגנבו על ידי חיילים של הצבא הבריטי, מייק פלניגן והארי מקדונאלד, בליל 29 ביוני, 1948, ממחנה הצבא הבריטי בחיפה לפני יציאתו מארץ ישראל. הכלים הועברו לצה"ל והיו מראשוני הטנקים בחיל השריון והשתתפו במלחמת העצמאות במבצעים "דני", "יואב" ו"חורב", כחלק מגדוד הטנקים הראשון 82. בהשראת צללית הטנק עוצב [הסמל של חיל השריון].

[Tank Specification Icons]
Cannon: 75mm
Machine Guns: 2X7.92
Number of Shells: 64
Weight: 28 Tons
Engine Horsepower: 600
Number of Crew: 5

Two Cromwell tanks were stolen by British soldiers, Mike Flanagan and Harry McDonald, on the night of June 29, 1948, from the British base in Haifa, before the British withdrawal from Palestine. The tanks were handed over to the IDF and were to become some of the first tanks of the IDF’s Armored Corps. They took part in the War of Independence, in Operations Dani, Yoav and Horev, within Battalion 82, the first tanks battalion. The emblem of the Armored Corps was inspired by this tank’s [silhouette].

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The sign is part of a display of tanks and armored vehicles at the Yad La-Shiryon in Latrun.

The tank was photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image

On the front of the tank is a commemorative plaque with the following text:
קרומוול
מראשוני הטנקים של צבא הגנה לישראל במלחמת הקוממיות . הגיע לידי צה"ל 30 ביוני 1948
הופעל במבצע ’דני’ ... לוד, רמלה ובקרבות לטרון
במבצע ’יואב’ עיראק סווידאן ובקרב על עירק אל מנשיה
במבצע ’חורב’ כיבוש ניצנה וקרבות אבו-עגילה ואל-עריש שבתחום סיני.

[Translation]
Cromwell
One of the first tanks of the Israel Defense Forces in the War of the Independence. It came into the hands of the IDF on June 30, 1948
Used in Operation ’Dani’... Lod, Ramla and in the battles of Latrun
In Operation ’Yoav’ Iraq Suidan and the battle for Iraq al-Manshiya
In Operation ’Horev’ the conquest of Nitzana and the battles of Abu-Agilah and al-Arish in the Sinai region.
[Some of the letters have fallen off, so it is difficult to decipher all the words]
Click for a larger image

The second tank that was stolen and transferred to the IDF is also on display, and mainly contains a description of the tank’s participation in World War II Click for sign's details




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