In April 1999 the remains of four Churchill tanks were unearthed at Arpinge in Kent UK. These vehicles turned out to be 3" gun carriers - a most fortunate discovery as only 50 such vehicles were ever made. Bovington Tank Museum collected the most complete vehicle whilst the Cadman Brothers recovered the other three. Earlier this year Rex Cadman was kind enough to invite me to photograph the Churchills in his possession (I had previously photographed Bovington's Gun Carrier shortly after its arrival at Bovington in 2000) and as a result we are able to offer this 'unique' photo study.

Despite the poor condition of these vehicles Rex tells me that he feels it would be possible to perform a cosmetic restoration of his most compete vehicle (shown below) using parts from the other two.

Bovington's Gun Carrier is now out of public view (in storage I presume) having been moved from the coach park where I photographed it. I am not aware of any plans to attempt any restoration.