Airborne Armour: Tetrarch, Locust, Hamilcar and the 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment 1938-50 Flint Keith

Despite all the works on airborne forces published since 1945, the full story of Britain's 'airborne armor' has remained untold. The story has two main strands - the project to fly tanks onto the battlefield to support airborne forces, and the history of the unit that operated those tanks and supported 6th Airborne Division in the ground role - the 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment.The book is the result of considerable original research and contact with surviving members of 6th AARR. This book is intended to correct that omission.

It examines rival or complimentary projects, in particular the German Me 321 Gigant glider, and analyses the extent to which the British airborne armor project was a success. It contains the full development background of airborne tanks, the British Tetrarch and American Locust, and also that of the Hamilcar glider. The history of 6th AARR is