Centaur Tank by junge1
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Description
This Centaur tank was part of the Royal Marines Armoured Support Group which supported the 'D' Day landings at 'Las Breche d'Hermanville' on 6th June 1944. It was subsequently abandoned in the vicinity of Hermanville and was recovered in November 1975 by the British Army, restored by 60 Station Workshop REME and returned by them to this site in June 1977, the base was constructed by 34 Squadron RE.
This Centaur is the property of the Association Du Musee de Caen 1944 et la Bataille de Normandie.
The above information is given on a plaque at the base of this tank. This Centaur tank is displayed at the Pegasus Bridge, Normandy.
This is a scanned picture that was taken in May 1998,
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Comments (23)
emmecielle
Great capture and interesting info! :)
bobrgallegos
Outstanding capture!!
farmerC
This is Shining.
Umbetro38
cool capture friend
flaviok
Fantástica captura meu amigo, aplausos (5)
bazza
Great capture Sig and great info. The markings round the top of the turret look interesting I wonder why they were painted on it!
flavia49
fabulous image! wonderful capture
Faemike55
Wonderful capture! I have to go with Barry on why the markings around the top of the turret
junge1
Barry & Mike!! Hey guys, I asked myself the same question. I took the picture, but the information I provided about the tank came from a picture my buddy Rob took last year. I asked him about the markings and he didn't know. Something to do with targeting?
sandra46
GREAT SHOT
Osper
It's a neat shot! The markings are indeed perplexing.
Lashia
Awesome capture! Love this POV- thanks for sharing! :) You should check out the Halloween Photography Contest! "Zombie Apocalypse!"
0rest4wicked
Great relic!
renecyberdoc
yep and the germans had better troops than expected in this region: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_for_Caen i was always fascinated by the 2nd world war (from the readers point of view not by war itself)
mariogiannecchini
Great capture and interesting info!
virginiese
cool tank. It is a part of History !
Buffalo1
A fine shot of an invasion AFV. I looked it up and this is a Centaur Mark 4 with a 95mm howitzer for infantry support. The Centaur was the brother of the Cromwell tank with the only real difference being the engine. Not sure about the paint job.
neiwil
A much under rated tank, probably because so few were built.This was deployed by the Royal Marine Armoured Support Group to give firesupport from LCT's. To guide the fire,traverse graduation markings were painted around the turret, for lining up the canon,on board the LCT(A). But because the LCT was such an unstable platform the Centaurs were deployed only once they rolled ashore. Nice to see this preserved but it looks like it could do with a lick of paint.
kgb224
Stunning capture my friend. God Bless.
erlandpil
Great capture erland
auntietk
I'll make sure Bill sees this. If anybody knows some obscure detail about tanks, it would be him! LOL!
bmac62
Super photo Sig. I must admit the markings on this Centaur are new to me but they obviously show markings/numberings every 10 degrees around a 360 degree circle. Neil (neiwil) has the right answer. I looked this tank up too. The gun was for indirect fire and therefore would have been aimed like an artillery piece or mortar. Fascinating.
danapommet
I hope that you have as much fun as I do - scanning old photos that is. I really like the POV and quality of your scan Sig. You have to know that Neil would know. Dana