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[Raider4]

Nice photo!

More room over the engine deck than at the front. Modern British MBTs always travel that way. Stops the barrel sticking out more than necessary.

[fred.]

Yes,  but I suspect the question is why are they pointing at the rear corner, rather than straight back. The only reason I can think is so that they don't overhang the back of the tank, but not sure why that would matter?

[Westmarcher]

Nearest anchor point on the flatbed?  (there's also something wrapped around the barrels of the 2nd and 3rd Cents back suggesting that is how they are secured)

[Smoking gun]

Is it so the turret bustle doesn't block the drivers hatch?

Best wishes,
Martin

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Is it so the turret bustle doesn't block the drivers hatch?

Best wishes,
Martin

Distinct possibillity there. Couyld also be where the travel lock is located.

[fsn]

Turret bustle! Anchor point! Pshaw!

There's a saucy French tank flaunting herself and all the Centurions want a gander. 

[Westmarcher]

Couyld also be where the travel lock is located.

Think you might have it, there. Sounds the most plausible to me.

@fsn: Do you have the Centurion Owner's Workshop Manual and does it mention a travel lock for meeting railway transport standards?

[fsn]

Of course!

And rather boringly, yes, it's the travel lock.

[fsn]

When the aircraft you are supposed to be controlling sneaks up on you from behind.....

[Steve J]

It rather reminds of the low flying Spitfire in the following clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iOoiEbtf2w

However I dread to think what the noise was like (we used to have them fly over our house everyday as a kid and you couldn't hear a thing!) and of course the backdraft (?) from the engine.

[Raider4]

Reminds me of 'tourist guy' for some reason:

we used to have them fly over our house everyday as a kid and you couldn't hear a thing!

I used to live in Filton in the seventies, so regularly had things like Concorde and F-111s taking off & landing at the nearby BAE/Rolls-Royce facility.

[fsn]

When you want a self-propelled gun, but don't have the budget or know-how...

[Techno II]

That's a belter of a find, Nobby.

Love it !

Cheers - Phil.

[fsn]

Right. That's next year's painting competition idea sorted. 

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

That one would get wedged in a wood 

Right. That's next year's painting competition idea sorted. 

[fsn]

 

Oh, well played Sir, well played.

[fsn]

Nothing to see here but us bushes, honest, guv....

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

At a camp on Salisbury plain the local wood seemed to grow overnight, only realised why after breakfast, a cammo'd squadron of Cheiftains was around it, we saw a tankie jumping from one tank to another.

[fsn]

The Russian Uran-9 unmanned ground combat vehicle is a 12-ton drone mounting a 30mm cannon, coaxial machine gun and up to 8 ATGMs.  Two can be carried to the combat zone on a truck, where it is controlled by an operator using video and thermal imaging from the drone. It is armoured against small arms fire and fragments.  More than 20 were built, and several were deployed during the fighting in Syria.  Combat reports suggest that performance was not ideal, with the control link operating at much less than its 1,500m specification in urban terrain and reliability problems.  However, it's worth considering that they are already at the point of field testing these, and the feedback should lead to improvements in future designs

[steve_holmes_11]

When you want a self-propelled gun, but don't have the budget or know-how...

It's a new way to cheat on the Tour de France.