The Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers replaced the main gun of a Churchill III or IV with a 290mm Petard spigot mortar that lobbed a huge 'flying dustbin' charge to demolish concrete bunkers and sea walls, and could carry fascines or bridging equipment to overcome the beach obstacles that made D-Day's engineering problems as hard as its tactical ones.
Churchill Ark Mk II (UK pattern) bridging vehicle.Photographer not identified. "Official photograph". Post-Work: User:W.wolny · Public domain · sourceIWM caption : A Churchill tank of the North Irish Horse crossing the River Senio in Italy over two Churchill Ark bridging tanks.Bowman (Sgt), No 2 Army Film & Photographic Unit · Public domain · sourceFront view of Churchill Crocodile Flame Throwing tank, taken by user King nothing at Bayeux war museum.King nothing at English Wikipedia · Public domain · source
