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Did a Home Guard unit keep a working Mark V for only an afternoon?

A remembered correction gives a restored memorial tank a longer Home Guard career and an eventual exchange for armored cars.

Question

Did a Home Guard unit have a working Mark V tank for only an afternoon?

Short answer

The recalled version says it kept the tank longer and, if remembered correctly, handed it over in exchange for several armored cars.

Notes

A viewer's story says a Home Guard unit acquired a Mark V tank for an afternoon before someone took it away. The response recalls a memorial or gate-guard tank restored to working order. It corrects the duration to longer than an afternoon. In the remembered version, the unit surrendered the tank after receiving several armored cars. The locality and documentary source are not identified, and the exchange is expressly recalled with uncertainty.