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She is seen from the front with her right side towards the camera and her 2-pounder gun trained forward, with a circular squadron sign on her turret and the white smoke billowing low across the grass around her tracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe 49th Royal Tank Regiment was raised in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1939 as a Territorial duplicate of the 43rd RTR, itself converted from the 6th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. After training on Matildas during the invasion threat, it was chosen for one of the most secret roles of the war, the Canal Defence Light, a powerful searchlight in a turret on a Matilda or Grant hull, designed to dazzle the enemy in night attacks. The CDL was never used in its intended role in North West Europe, and in late 1944 the regiment found a new task in the 79th Armoured Division as the 49th Armoured \u003ca title=\"British Army Personnel Photo prints\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hampshireprints.co.uk\/collections\/british-army-personnel-photo-prints\"\u003ePersonnel\u003c\/a\u003e Carrier Regiment, carrying infantry into battle in Ram Kangaroos until the end of the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis print is ideal for Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers and British Army veterans and anyone with a connection to the 49th RTR or the Matilda tank.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImage Taken: 23rd October 1941\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhotographer: Tanner (Lt), War Office official photographer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e© Public Domain - Restored by Hampshire 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