My family had 3 relatives that went to war. Great Grandad Forbes and Great Grandad Brogan fought in WWII and Great Great Grandad Rae fought in WWI. I'll only be talking about my Great Grandad Forbes. He went to the battle of alamein. For one year he worked in an egyptian army camp with Nz Aus and Canada. He also fought in the battle of caseno. He was in the 28 armoured course which is the heavy armored tanks like the Bob semple tank. 
Bob semple tank
Before he drove tanks he road horses. On horses they only had hand weapons and Guns that's why the horses at the front carried M7 grands. A M7 grand can blow a light armoured tank to pieces. They could blow a tank to pieces because you could attach a grenade launcher to it. But great grandad forbes was in the middle row riding horses so he carried hand weapons and guns. The back row at least 2m behind because they carried all the supplies like food water extra ammo and and other tools.
M7 garand with grenade launcher
In the Battle of caseno great grandad forbes drove a Bob semple tank.
Then in the battle of alamein he drove a bob semple. Then in the egyptian camp he road horses with Aus Nz and Canada.
Great grandad forbes died on his birthday 1974 from cancer in his lungs from the japanese bomb in ww2.
Written by Jacob
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