This is a sizeable and embarrassing gap in my knowledge. What were the trestles for?
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plastikk wrote: Some of British tanks in Gaza have trestles for dismantling sponsons...
Ah. To attach a block-and-tackle or somesuch, to lift the sponsons into place?
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