I love weird tanks like this. Total +1!
How fantastic that this one-off vehicle has survived, would be great to see it properly conserved.
+1, probably as a Premium.
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So apparently recently this vehicle has been dismembered for a replica rebuild of a Cromwell ARV…
Quite why a unique original vehicle has been destroyed to make a replica of a mass produced one I don’t know. It’s a real shame.
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I’m not going to make a big deal about it but isn’t that just bloody typical.
Edit; on second thoughts, yes I will.
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Could it be possible that the vehicle was intended for Finnish Army or based partly on their plans?
Ylijohdon Reservi, written by P. Jouko for Finnish National Defence College, mentions that Finnish Army was looking into installing L7 105mm into Charioteer already in 1960, but the project was apparently cancelled because British MoD refused the sale of the gun and it’s APDS ammo, fearing that they would end up in USSR. And by 1969, when this prototype was built, Finnish army had given up the Charioteer and had decided to buy more T-55’s instead.
As far as I’m aware the two projects are unrelated.
The British were marketing this vehicle towards Charioteer operators in the middle east, so Jordan and Lebanon. Maybe it could be argued that Britain got the idea from Finland, but its not like the 20pdr → L7 upgrade was an alien concept to Britain.
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I NEED more Cromwell.
There are borderprotection turrets in austria (not in use anymore) with the 105mm
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Great photo but that’s the type B 20pdr with the fume extractor instead of the 105mm
You can tell the difference with the fume extractor on the 105mm sitting ‘on top’ of the barrel, but on the 20pdr it sits centrally on the barrel.
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Oh , thanks for correcting
Oooof. I hate when places do this.
Get out of here with your blurry and fake documents 😂
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this would be a good addition to Britain
This gun is way to powerful at just 6.0 it could kill almost anything really. I think the Charioteer Mk VII should be moved to 7.7 I know it has no protection but it’s just way to powerful.
+1!
7.7 where you would take any Cent or 8.0 where the much better Cent 10
+1. Can it fire APDS?
Yup, would be the same ammunition as the Cent Mk.10 or Vickers MBT Mk.1
Nice bait bud, You’ve A) Never played it, B) This is a suggestion for a different variant to the one in game
If you had played it you’d know it’s got no gun depression, no stabiliser, no armour, or reverse gear. The only thing of merit is the forward mobility and gun.
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