Centurion Tank Ideas and Inspiration

[GTX_Admin]

I did profiles of the Cent back in the day, including SPAAG & SPG variants.

Regards,

John

Any chance of you reposting them John?

[Maverick]

Ask & ye shall receive:









Regards,

John

[GTX_Admin]

Fantastic!  Except now I might need to get a centurion kit...or a few...

[Maverick]

Happy to be of service 

Regards,

John

[dy031101]

This intellectual exercise (including that mental note wearing the "bare" TTD turret) satisfies my desire to do a "Leopard-2-look-alike"......

Unfortunately this one seems to have a shot trap between the glacis and the lower portion of the arrow-head addon module. 

[Weaver]

That bass-ackwards SPG is very credible - India did something similar with their Vickers Mk.1 MBT chassis and Russian 130mm M-46 guns:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-46_Catapult

[Maverick]

The vehicle in question was an actual proposal, the FV 3805 (http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=12901.0) as wass the Conway below it and the Malkara launcher below that.

Regards,

John

[apophenia]

... my desire to do a "Leopard-2-look-alike"...

Something similar to dy's idea that I'd done as a take on Litvak's AltCan scenario. This version is meant to be an upgraded (EMES-18 Fire Control System) and uparmoured 'ops' version for the Balkans.

The original Super Centurion lacked the slat armour and used the EMES-15 FCS (I'll mount the image if anyone is interested).

Powerplant for both Super Cents was a 650 hp MTU MB 837 Ka-500 multi-fuel diesel driving a Renk HSWL 294-3 4-speed gearbox. This re-engining option was inspired by the Swiss Pz 68 during a technical team visit to Switzerland to assess the Mowag Piranha for the Canadian Army.

[apophenia]

Another spin on Litvak's AltCan concept was my SPAAG Centurion, the Artemis AAT.

The Artemis used the turret and guns from the French AMX 13/AMX 30 DCA. In Canadian service, the Artemis replaced the Ares AAT (an ex-Achilles CP with CDP tracks and twin 40mm Bofors in a Duster turret).

BTW: I went with the French turret to distinguish mine from Graeme Davidsons's amazing build of a twin Bofors Centurion SPAAG. See the build thread here: http://www.network54.com/Forum/169232/thread/1292811637/Centurion+Twin+Forty+SPAAG

[dy031101]

Something similar to dy's idea that I'd done as a take on Litvak's AltCan scenario.

I like Leopard 2A5's beefy turret, but yours is great.  :)

[Dr. YoKai]

 I suspect Green Mace might have strained the chassis a bit too much, but what about a Bloodhound ( or two, something like the
 mobile SA-4. ) with an accompanying radar vehicle?

[apophenia]

I like Leopard 2A5's beefy turret, but yours is great.  :)

Thanks dy'. I do too but my Super Centurion was supposed to predate the 2A5.

[GTX_Admin]

My favourite Centurion - the original Mark 1 fitted with a 17 pdr main armament and 20 mm Polsten cannon:

[kitnut617]

I'd not seen that arrangement before --- interesting

[Feldmarschall Zod]

It really is a shame the Centurion did not come into service in the later part of 1944. That tank would have been a shock to the 3rd Riech forces.