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British Churchill AVRE crew stop their advance for a cup of tea - Venlo, Netherlands, Nov 1944

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British Churchill AVRE

World War Two

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Sara was wearing this Croc Froggy Bag in White from Apede Mod and these  Life Force Sneakers in White from AVRE.

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Devastating… it wasn’t a shell which explodes and splinters come off, this was solely a 40 lb mortar bomb filled with plastic HE, the blast, the detonation was terrific, really terrific. That was what it was designed for to blast apart pillboxes… to open up a pillbox. The blast, the detonation was dreadful.

Sergeant John Solomon, a tank driver with 222nd Assault Squadron, Royal Engineers, 79th Armoured Division, describes the effects of a 40lb Petard bomb fired from a Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers or AVRE. 

An AVRE’s petard mortar with 290mm bomb (source)

The AVRE was based on the Churchill tank but instead of a main gun like a 75mm or a 6pdr it has a 290mm petard spigot mortar, similar to that of the PIAT, which fired a large petard bomb, often nicknamed a ‘flying dustbin’ by troops because of its shape.

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A British Churchill AVRE memorial in Sword Beach sector in Lion-sur-Mer, Normandy, France.

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A British Churchill AVRE (Assault Vehicle Royal Engineers) tank fitted with a Spigot mortar capable of firing a 40lb “dustbin” demolition charge up to 230yards - Normandy, July 1944