{"id":52037,"date":"2020-01-02T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=52037"},"modified":"2021-06-25T09:03:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T13:03:14","slug":"tank-chats-57-churchill-avre-the-funnies-the-tank-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/01\/02\/tank-chats-57-churchill-avre-the-funnies-the-tank-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Tank Chats #57 Churchill AVRE | The Funnies | The Tank Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fwCgEn48Bn8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The Tank Museum<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 20 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>Another episode in the Tank Chats Funnies Specials, with David Fletcher looking at the weird and wonderful vehicles of 79th Armoured Division led by Major General Percy Hobart, known as &#8220;Hobart&#8217;s Funnies&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>The Churchill AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers). The Churchill was the basis for a number of Funnies. David Fletcher looks at the Fascine, Bobbin, Small Box Girder bridge, Bullshorn plough, Conger, the Churchill ARK and Bridgelayer.<\/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 #tankchats<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-02-Tank-Chats-57-Churchill-AVRE-The-Funnies-The-Tank-Museum.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-02-Tank-Chats-57-Churchill-AVRE-The-Funnies-The-Tank-Museum-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-53904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-02-Tank-Chats-57-Churchill-AVRE-The-Funnies-The-Tank-Museum-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-02-Tank-Chats-57-Churchill-AVRE-The-Funnies-The-Tank-Museum-853x480.png 853w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-02-Tank-Chats-57-Churchill-AVRE-The-Funnies-The-Tank-Museum-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-02-Tank-Chats-57-Churchill-AVRE-The-Funnies-The-Tank-Museum-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-02-Tank-Chats-57-Churchill-AVRE-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 20 Sep 2018 Another episode in the Tank Chats Funnies Specials, with David Fletcher looking at the weird and wonderful vehicles of 79th Armoured Division led by Major General Percy Hobart, known as &#8220;Hobart&#8217;s Funnies&#8221;. The Churchill AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers). 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