{"id":51211,"date":"2019-10-25T02:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T06:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=51211"},"modified":"2021-06-25T09:04:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T13:04:01","slug":"tank-chats-53-matilda-canal-defence-light-the-funnies-the-tank-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2019\/10\/25\/tank-chats-53-matilda-canal-defence-light-the-funnies-the-tank-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Tank Chats #53 Matilda Canal Defence Light | The Funnies | The Tank Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7wfGX_kYmK0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The Tank Museum<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished on 6 Jul 2018<\/p>\n<p>Another episode in the Tank Chats Funnies Specials, looking at the weird and wonderful vehicles of 79th Armoured Division led by Major General Percy Hobart. <\/p>\n<p>The idea of the CDL was to use a light of such power that it would dazzle the opposition, leaving them temporarily blind and disorientated.<\/p>\n<p>Support the work of The Tank Museum on Patreon: \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/tankmuseum\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/tankmuseum<\/a><br \/>\nOr donate <a href=\"http:\/\/tankmuseum.org\/support-us\/donate\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/tankmuseum.org\/support-us\/donate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Visit The Tank Museum SHOP: \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/tankmuseumshop.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/tankmuseumshop.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter: \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TankMuseum\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/TankMuseum<\/a><br \/>\nTiger Tank Blog: \u25ba <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.tiger-tank.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/blog.tiger-tank.com\/<\/a><br \/>\nTank 100 First World War Centenary Blog: \u25ba <a href=\"http:\/\/tank100.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/tank100.com\/<\/a> #tankmuseum #tanks <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screenshot_2019-10-25-Tank-Chats-53-Matilda-Canal-Defence-Light-The-Funnies-The-Tank-Museum.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screenshot_2019-10-25-Tank-Chats-53-Matilda-Canal-Defence-Light-The-Funnies-The-Tank-Museum-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-52002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screenshot_2019-10-25-Tank-Chats-53-Matilda-Canal-Defence-Light-The-Funnies-The-Tank-Museum-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screenshot_2019-10-25-Tank-Chats-53-Matilda-Canal-Defence-Light-The-Funnies-The-Tank-Museum-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screenshot_2019-10-25-Tank-Chats-53-Matilda-Canal-Defence-Light-The-Funnies-The-Tank-Museum-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screenshot_2019-10-25-Tank-Chats-53-Matilda-Canal-Defence-Light-The-Funnies-The-Tank-Museum-853x480.png 853w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screenshot_2019-10-25-Tank-Chats-53-Matilda-Canal-Defence-Light-The-Funnies-The-Tank-Museum.png 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tank Museum Published on 6 Jul 2018 Another episode in the Tank Chats Funnies Specials, looking at the weird and wonderful vehicles of 79th Armoured Division led by Major General Percy Hobart. 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