Torch/Tunisia

M5 Light tank, 70th Tank Battalion, Morocco, Nov. 1942. Part of Patton's forces. Prominent Star and US Flags were used in the hopes that Vichy French Troops would not fire on Americans. Tamiya M5A1 Hull, Academy M3A1 turret. 

PzKw III Ausf L, 10th Panzer Division. Tunisia 1943. Tamiya Kit 

M3 Medium tank "Grant", Tunisia, Feb. 1943. Takom Kit. First American built medium tank to see combat (Gazala, May 1942), the M3 Grant gave the British a much needed tank with upgraded firepower. This awkward interim design was able to be produced while the M4 Sherman was still in development. Tunisia would be the last ETO service for these tanks, but many were sent to India/Burma were they served well for the balance of the war.
 

M3 Medium Tank, US 1st Armored Division, Tunisia, Dec 1942. Takom kit. In the Summer of 1942, elements of !st Armored were training with M4 Shermans in the UK. Said Sherman tanks were handed over to the British (sent to Egypt) and much of 1st Armored was resupplied with M3 Lees. These saw service throughout the Tunisian campaign, but no further with US Army. 

Summer of 1942, elements of !st Armored were training with M4 Shermans in the UK. Said Sherman tanks were handed over to the British (sent to Egypt) and much of 1st Armored was resupplied with M3 Lees. These saw service throughout the Tunisian campaign, but no further with US Army. 

Summer of 1942, elements of !st Armored were training with M4 Shermans in the UK. Said Sherman tanks were handed over to the British (sent to Egypt) and much of 1st Armored was resupplied with M3 Lees. These saw service throughout the Tunisian campaign, but no further with US Army. 

PzKw III Aufs N, Tunisia, 1943. Tamiya Kit 

M4A1 Early production, US 2nd Armored, French Morocco, Jan 1943. Unlike the 1st Armored, the 2nd deployed to Morocco with a full compliment of M4 tanks. Light tank Battalions were landed against French resistance upon invasion and medium tanks were landed after the French cease-fire. They then spent the duration of the campaign guarding the Spanish Moroccan border in the event of Spanish intervention. After the 1st Armored incurred heavy losses at Kasserine (Feb. 1943), some replacements in men and equipment were drawn from the 2nd Armored. 

Marder III Ausf H, 75mm SP Anti-tank gun. El Guetar, Tunisia, Mar. 1943. One of the latest German armored vehicles sent to Tunisia after the Allied landings in Vichy French North Africa.  

M4, F company, 1st Armored Division, Kasserine Pass, February, 1943. Kit bashed Dragon M4A1 lower hull, turret and Legend resin upper hull. 

M4, F company, 1st Armored Division, Kasserine Pass, February, 1943. Kit bashed Dragon M4A1 lower hull, turret and Legend resin upper hull. 

British Cruiser Tank A15 Mk III "Crusader", 6th Armored Division, Tunisia, December 1942. Italeri Kit. Painted in overall SCC3 Green. The A15 Mk III was the final model of the Crusader series having the upgraded armament of the 6-pounder gun from the earlier 2 pounder on previous Mk I and Mk II. As welcome as the improved firepower was, the A15 was already obsolete, and the Sherman tanks were the become the standard Cruiser Tanks for the British Armored Forces after the conclusion of the North African Campaign. 

British Cruiser Tank A15 Mk III "Crusader", 6th Armored Division, Tunisia, December 1942. Italeri Kit. Painted in overall SCC3 Green. The A15 Mk III was the final model of the Crusader series having the upgraded armament of the 6-pounder gun from the earlier 2 pounder on previous Mk I and Mk II. As welcome as the improved firepower was, the A15 was already obsolete, and the Sherman tanks were the become the standard Cruiser Tanks for the British Armored Forces after the conclusion of the North African Campaign. 

British Cruiser Tank A15 Mk III "Crusader", 6th Armored Division, Tunisia, December 1942. Italeri Kit. Painted in overall SCC3 Green. The A15 Mk III was the final model of the Crusader series having the upgraded armament of the 6-pounder gun from the earlier 2 pounder on previous Mk I and Mk II. As welcome as the improved firepower was, the A15 was already obsolete, and the Sherman tanks were the become the standard Cruiser Tanks for the British Armored Forces after the conclusion of the North African Campaign. 

British Cruiser Tank A15 Mk III "Crusader", 6th Armored Division, Tunisia, December 1942. Italeri Kit. Painted in overall SCC3 Green. The A15 Mk III was the final model of the Crusader series having the upgraded armament of the 6-pounder gun from the earlier 2 pounder on previous Mk I and Mk II. As welcome as the improved firepower was, the A15 was already obsolete, and the Sherman tanks were the become the standard Cruiser Tanks for the British Armored Forces after the conclusion of the North African Campaign.