tack9/12l Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 so whilst in catterick trg area I popped to Cambria lines(as its now called )spoke to a few mates and took some photos of this old girl she was there 25 years ago when I did basic trg I remember praying to the almighty tank as our troop sgts called her now I'm no cent expert but that barrel looks to me like a 17pdr which means she's really old and an early version as I said she was there 25 years ago looking scruffy then also whilst up there I came across this to the rear of new found England farm 2 chieftans 1with Chinese eyes meaning 1 rtr both mk 11 and a delapedated 432 but also present was this centurion first though the grids if anyone is interestednow as I said I'm no expert but that v shape is welded to the front of that cent glacis plate did we have swimming cents this looks like some sort of extension for a propeller like we had on cvrt meaning the final drive drove the prop while spinning the track and finaly one of the chieftans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzkpfw-e Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 My word, does look like it's a Mk1, rear hatch, 17pdr & Besa. The Cent DD on the ranges is well known & deserving of preservation. http://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=112&t=40502 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Here is a link to some more discussion on the same vehicle http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?41504-Odd-looking-Centurion-On-Catterick-Range&highlight=centurion Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Mk II, not a Mk I. The latter had a welded turret with a 20mm semi- co-axial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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