RAM Kangaroo

After D-Day the Canadian Army began to deploy new vehicles that took the infantry to the front line quickly and protected from German fire under the generic name “Kangaroo”. These vehicles were among the first successful dedicated armored personnel carrier (APC) to enter service with the Allies and arose from a battlefield need. They were manufactured by transforming, M-7 Priest self-propelled guns, RAM Mk.II cruiser tanks, M-4 Sherman medium tanks and Churchill infantry tanks. The most successful was the “RAM Kangaroo”, which was a Canadian RAM Mk.II cruiser tank used for training, from which the turret was removed and two bench seats were installed to carry up to 12 infantrymen.

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