British-Made Comet Mark I Tank
The Comet was the last medium tank produced by the British Army during the Second World War. It first saw combat in early 1945. Its engine produced a maximum of 600 horsepower at 2,550 rpm. The tank had armour up to 10 centimetres thick, carried a crew of five, and had a gross weight of 32.7 tons (33,225 kilograms).
Its turret was equipped with a 77 mm gun fitted with a muzzle brake, together with two 7.92 mm machine guns as secondary weapons.
During the Korean War (1950–1953), the British Army brought a number of Comet tanks to Hong Kong. Only one was subsequently retained. It remained stationed at Shek Kong Camp until the Royal Hong Kong Regiment was disbanded in 1995.
This photo was taken at the Hong Kong Museum of the War of Resistance and Coastal Defence.