D-Day - how did churchill tanks get onto the beaches?

[Wulf]

LCT looks like a good option:

That picture has been annoying me... that's not an SBG, it doesn't have the winch framework on the rear deck. Looks more like the shackles for another fascine. Speaking of which, unless there's something weird about the depth perspective, that fascine is on the rear deck of the Churchill with the framework, despite it looking like the regular fascine support is under that framework... Bit of a weird trio.

[fsn]

Is it another fascine carrier?

And what happened to its main armament?

[Dr Dave]

The spigot bomb isn't attached / loaded / in place. That's all.

[fsn]

Think the photo was of an exercise - hence the disarmed tanks.  
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/missinglynx/churchhill-avre-s-b-g-assault-bridghe-t317390.html


Hmmm ... could be the SBG

http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/18/180296.htm Suggests 2296 was a LCT(5).

[fsn]

The spigot bomb isn't attached / loaded / in place. That's all.

??

[Wulf]

Hmmm ... could be the SBG

Now that is odd, how is that bridge lowered (and, yes, clearly that is indeed an SBG) other than by simply dropping it, which can't be a great method of placement? I can't see a winch at the back. Maybe a different arrangemant with a smaller winch or one behind the hull.

[fsn]

To answer the Dieppe question, here's a photo of a couple of LST's used at Dieppe.  120' foot long. I'll be honest my LST recognition isn't that good ... but I'm sure one of you will identify the type.

"Three 39-ton tanks – code-named Ringer, Regiment and Rounder – sat at the front of the 120-feet-long landing craft. Alexander's two vehicles, a tracked carrier and a Jeep, sat near the back."

http://elinorflorence.com/blog/dieppe-medical-corps

[fsn]

They mention LCT8 in the previous link.

https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/17586.html
Says LCT8 was a LCT(1).

https://www.rmoutlook.com/article/disaster-at-dieppe-the-saga-of-lct-8-20121108

[Wulf]

Now I can get my Churchills to the beach... Still to do final cleanup & some fixes (so the SBG isn't fixed in place, it's propped up by a die).

The LCT  is printed more crudely than normal, because
a) It took 11 hours as it is...
b) I don't really need one, I just wanted to do it...

Note that the bulldozer is wildly out of scale, but that's the smallest it would print without losing bits, especially tracks & the blade support struts.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Fab!

[paulr]