Centaur - British Armour

[easo]

What is the difference between a Centaur and a Cromwell?

There is a Cromwell here in Pucka that looks very much the same as your Centaur.

http://www.armytankmuseum.com.au/i-vd.htm

Regards Easo

[tankbarrell]

Originally Posted by easo

What is the difference between a Centaur and a Cromwell?

Centaur is A27L with a Liberty engine.
Cromwell is A27M with a Meteor engine.

There are usually other differences but these are related to when it was built rather than model specific.

i.e. F type hull with the drivers side escape hatch is only found on Cromwell because Centaur production had ceased by the time it was introduced.

The engine installation is designed to be interchangeable between the two though fan drives, clutch and oil cooler and filter are also different. The switchbox allows for either coil or magneto igntion as required.

[eddy8men]

hi kev

you've probably seen the cavalier for sale on milweb which would pretty much give you everything you need for your centaur but you would then be left with a stripped cavalier hull and there in lies the problem with buying one historic tank to fix another, what to do with the spare one !
whatever you decide good luck with it, when it's done you'll have the only running mk1 centaur in the world. a very worthwhile project.

rick