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Juno Beach Pictures - Canada D-Day

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Winnipeg Rifles
Advance Inland. |
Winnipeg Rifles advance inland.
The soldier on the left is armed with a Lee Enfield bolt-action
rifle. The Canadian infantry used the Lee Enfield rifle as their
standard weapon throughout World War II. The soldier on the
right has a Bren gun. The Bren Gun was a .303 calibre light
machine gun and formed the basis of firepower of the infantry
company. The Bren was employed one per infantry section of ten
men. (NAC, PA 116528) |
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North Shore
Regiment on patrol. |
North Shore Regiment on patrol. |
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Troops of the
Régiment de la Chaudière |
Troops of Le Régiment de
la Chaudière, 8th Brigade, push inland toward Bény-sur-Mer.
(NAC, PA131436) |
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8th Canadian
Infantry Brigade on the road to the front |
Soldiers of the 8th Canadian Infantry
Brigade rest on the road to the front. |
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Queen's Own
Rifles Dug In Near Carpiquet |
Soldiers of the Queen's Own Rifles
dug in near Carpiquet with a Sherman tank in background. |
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Regina Rifles
Forward Position |
Personnel of D Company, Regina Rifles,
occupying forward position at Bretteville, Normandy, around
10 June 1944. Photographer: Donald I. Grant (NAC, PA 129402) |
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Regina Rifles
Manning a Bren Gun |
Soldiers of the Regina Rifles manning
a Bren Gun. The Bren Gun was a .303 calibre light machine gun
with a 30 round magazine. |
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Infantry with
Projector Infantry Anti Tank |
The Projector Infantry Anti Tank
(PIAT) was a difficult but effective weapon that infantrymen
used at short range against tanks. It was not a rocket launcher
and gave the operator a powerful kick when fired. (NAC, PA 177100) |
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Duplex Drive
(DD) Tank With Canvas Screen Collapsed |
The Duplex Drive (DD)
Tanks were Shermans with twin propellers and a collapsible canvas
screen that provided floatation. The tanks would swim into shore
and land with the charging infantry. When the tracks grounded
on the beach the canvas sides were collapsed and tanks would
be ready to fight. The Shermans were armed with a 75 mm gun
and two .30 calibre Browning machine guns. |
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Infantry
Advance With Sherman Tank |
Infantry advance with Sherman
tank in the lead.. |
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Sherman Tank |
The Sherman tank was the workhorse
of the Canadian Armoured Corps during the Second World War.
The most widely used version was the M4A4 (Sherman V). The Sherman
had a crew of five: commander, gunner, loader-operator, driver
and co-driver.. |
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Infantry Take
Cover Behind Sherman |
Infantry take cover behind Sherman
during street fighting. |
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Cameron Higlanders
firing Vickers Machine-Gun |
Classed as a medium weapon, the
Vickers gun could be fired at high or low angles from a tripod.
The Vickers was fed by 250 round cloth belts of .303 ammunition
and fired in full automatic bursts of 10 to 20 rounds. It could
fire 60 shots per minute (slow fire) and 250 (rapid fire). It
was accurate up to 1100 yards. |
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