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Centaur tankby ~pete-c-89

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A Centaur, parked up near Pegasus Bridge (see other photos).
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*Morphine-Cloud Jul 31, 2010  Hobbyist General Artist
Featured : [link]
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*SimonLMoore Jul 4, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
It's not a Cromwell, it's a very unusual machine indeed, a Centaur close support tank fitted with a 95mm howitzer used by the Royal Marines (of all people) on D-Day, the markings on the turret were designed to allow naval-style gunfire from the landing craft. [link]
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~pete-c-89 Jul 4, 2010  Hobbyist Photographer
Yup, thanks. I could've sworn i'd changed the title but something must've got screwed up somewhere, one mo!
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*SimonLMoore Jul 4, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Excellent!
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*Skoshi8 Jun 29, 2010  Hobbyist Photographer
A monster, made for killing....
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*StugMeister Jun 29, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Its a Centaur; a close-support version of the Cromwell. It's armed with a 95mm gun instead of a 75mm.

The markings were applied to the turret to aid gun-laying when the tank was in-transit aboard a landing craft - meaning it could lay down fire on the beaches from the sea.
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~PlagueJester Jun 28, 2010
Gotta love that giant chain on the front.
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~pete-c-89 Jun 28, 2010  Hobbyist Photographer
Hah yeah. All looks pretty badass until you realise that combined with the lights, it looks like a happy face :)
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~PlagueJester Jun 29, 2010
LMAO, I didn't see the smiley face until you said something. Now it doesn't look like a war machine, but a happy toy.
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*Rob-Cavanna Jun 28, 2010
Nope, not a pPanzer III. It's a British Cromwell. [link]
Visual cues:
-the round driver's hatch and (not bolted shut) MG port on the hull
-Shape of the coaxial MG armor next to the main gun.
-Big ass bolts on the turret.
-Totally rectangular armor plate on the turret.
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