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The Centaur IV close support version, equipped with a 95 mm howitzer, saw service in small numbers as part of the Royal Marine Armoured Support Group on D-Day. Originally intended to be used from landing craft [ 33 ] and serve as static pillboxes, these examples retained the engines, allowing the marines to drive the tanks inland. [ 17 ]
Centaur Mk IV of RMASG near Tilly-sur-Seulles, 13 June 1944. The original Royal Marines Armoured Support Group was formed during the Second World War and took part in the Invasion of Normandy, where it provided fire support for Royal Marine units landing. [3]
The tank howitzer was used to arm the Churchill Mark V and VIII, the Cromwell VI & VIII and the Centaur IV tanks. [3] The howitzer was built up from a section of a QF 3.7-inch anti-aircraft gun barrel, the breech mechanism of the Ordnance QF 25 pounder field gun/howitzer and the recoil mechanism of the Ordnance QF 6 pounder anti-tank gun. [4]
Tank gun versions of the 6-pounder were used in the Crusader Mark III, Cavalier, Centaur Mk I and II, Cromwell Mk I to III, Valentine Mk VIII to X and Churchill Mk III and IV, and also in the Canadian Ram Mk II and the prototype American Light Tank T7E2.
The Tank, Cruiser, Mk VI, , was used in large numbers in the Western Desert Campaign. The contemporary Covenanter was unreliable and was retained in the UK for training use. The Cavalier, Centaur and Cromwell tanks were the planned successors to the Covenanter and Crusader. Intended to be in production by 1942, the project was delayed and the ...
The eight Centaurus engines were to be replaced with eight Bristol Proteus gas turbines on the Mark II giving a 100 mph (160 km/h) faster cruising speed at 10,000 ft (3,000 m) higher altitude. [3] By the end of the war in Europe, around 2,500 examples of the Centaurus had been produced by Bristol.
Light Tank Mk IV (34; United Kingdom) Light Tank Mk V (22; United Kingdom) Light Tank Mk.VI (1,682; United Kingdom) Light Tank Mk VII light/airborne tank commonly known as the Tetrarch tank (177; United Kingdom) Light Tank Mk VIII Harry Hopkins (100; United Kingdom) Lince scout car Autoblindo scout car (250; Italy) Lorraine 37L tracked carrier ...
The Mark IV (pronounced Mark four) was a British tank of the First World War. Introduced in 1917, it benefited from significant developments of the Mark I tank (the intervening designs being small batches used for training). The main improvements were in armour, the re-siting of the fuel tank and ease of transport.