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Q Buffalo LVTs in Canadian Service

K

Krieger

Battalion Commander
During Operation Veritable the Canadians made a lot of use of the "Buffalo" LVT.

My question is, which regiment were the vehicles attached to? An armoured one? The Navy? In other words, who drove them?

I have a photo of the North Shores getting ready to board an Alligator in Njimigen, and it looks like there's a guy in a pixie suit on the upper deck.

http://wwii.ca/photos/netherlands/vertiable_feb845.jpg

Any help would be much appreciated.

K.
 
Buffaloes in the British /Canadian Army Group were operated by units in the British 79th Armoured Division, including the 11th RTR ,East Riding Yeomanry or 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry.These were all converted from standard tank troops .
The 79th were famously equipped with all the
" Funnies " , the various specialised armoured vehicles such as Crocodile flamethrowers , Kangaroo personnel carriers and Buffaloes.

pzrwest , those guys are wearing windproof tops over BD trousers : very common in some units in the winter of 44/45.
 
I always get a kick out of the entrentching tools the Canadians carried.... Liberated from the likes of Jeeps, Shermans, Farmers etc... Lol. Great photos!
 
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I always get a kick out of the entrentching tools the Canadians carried.... Liberated from the likes of Jeeps, Shermans, Farmers etc... Lol. Great photos!
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That site has some amazing photos. I've been visiting all the different areas and downloading like crazy!

K.
 
That is a cool pic. The LVT in the picture is an LVT-2. All the pictures I've seen in the past, of Commonwealth troops in Europe, they've been using LVT-4's. Both were nicknamed the "Water Buffalo".
 
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