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This information about the crews adding M3 75mm cannon in favor of the ROQF 6 pounder to upgun their Churchills is just plain off. The 6 pounder was a far superior anti-tank piece. The only reason that I can think of for changing the 6 pounder out in favor of the M3 75mm was ammo standardization.But don't dis the M3 75mm gun.

I suspect that what the writer was referring-to was the creation of ad-hoc CS versions of the tank. For a Gun Tank, the 6 pdr was undoubtably superior, but the weapon had no HE shell, being purely an anti-tank weapon. British tanks were at that time classified in either Gun Tank or Close Support (CS) versions, the Gun Tank was the 'normal' vehicle, armed to fight other tanks and the CS version was armed with a gun capable of firing a HE shell and intended for giving close support to infantry, hence the name. Ian Dunster 13:52, 1 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The article on Ordnance QF 75 mm covers the 6 pdr vs 75 mm story quite well. GraemeLeggett 19:55, 1 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The writer was apparently referring to what is known as Churchill NA75 - Churchills fitted with 75 mm guns from destroyed Shermans. Well, anyway, I think this paragraph doesn't belong here. Bukvoed 18:09, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Duxford has a Black Prince?[edit]

Not according to their contents list [1], or Bovington's [2], which specifically says it has he only one. I'd use the Bovington link as an inline reference, but it's very cumbersome due to being a database lookup with no simple hard link. I have removed the text in the article. Hohum (talk) 04:03, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Price[edit]

Does anyone have information of the price of the black prince? 83.253.195.182 (talk) 00:56, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]