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Old 01-11-12, 04:45
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My guess is a cut down centurion but why and what for ??

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Old 01-11-12, 06:45
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Looks like a tree pusher-overer.

They were often used in combination with another pair of tanks with a large rolling ball chained between them to clear the smaller scrub.
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Old 01-11-12, 11:39
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My guess is a cut down centurion but why and what for ??
Im pretty sure its a much modified M3A5 Grant fitted with centurion tracks and suspension units.
its still got the rear armour plate which mounts the up rights to crane jib and grant drive sprockets.

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Old 01-11-12, 11:48
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wow that's a lot of mods but I would never have guessed Grant and think I should have
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Old 01-11-12, 11:53
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Looks like a tree pusher-overer.

They were often used in combination with another pair of tanks with a large rolling ball chained between them to clear the smaller scrub.
Looks like it may have had a dozer blade once, due to the cable pulley system at the front of the tank.
Rear jib and winch looks similar to the one that was mounted to Ryans old Lee tank.
http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ighlight=grant

So I reckon she was modified into a forwarder for dragging logs out of the bush.

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