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1943 Leyland A27M Cruiser Tank Mk.VIII Cromwell Mk.IV Comments about this vehicle| Author | Message |
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◊ 2008-11-15 12:08 |
Picture probably illustrates the Meteor engine produced in WWI by Rover. Rolls Royce Meteor engine production was taken over by Rover as a result of the jet engine production moving from Rover to Rolls Royce. The Meteor was used in the following vehicles according to Wikipedia: * Cromwell * Comet * Centurion * Tortoise experimental assault tank. * Conqueror post war heavy tank edit: From its appearance possibly a 1943 Leyland A27M Cruiser Tank Mk.VIII Cromwell Mk.IV as here... /vehicle_40989-Leyland-A27M-Cruiser-Tank-MkVIII-Cromwell-MkIV-1943.html -- Last edit: 2008-11-15 12:26:13 |
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◊ 2008-11-19 16:01 |
going by those odd turret shapes..id say a Centurion..it was a joint co operation build by Leyland/Royal Ordnance Factory/Vickers........the "Leyland" is what links it to Rover. |
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◊ 2009-12-26 23:00 |
A34 Comet |
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◊ 2010-05-15 00:56 |
Leyland had nothing to do with Rover until 1967 when Leyland bought Rover. Prior to that they were two independant companies, and were in fact rivals from 1960 when Leyland bought Standard Triumph. The fact both were involved on these tanks is coincidence and done soleley to the fact Rolls Royce did not have enough production capacity to build the Meteor engine for the tanks as they were already fully committed to making Merlins for aircraft. |
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◊ 2014-06-07 19:17 |
Cromwell and Comet are nearly the same only the main gun different and the Comet had spacer wheels compare Comet http://www.simonsfotos.co.uk/uploads/4/1/6/8/4168990/8891438_orig.jpg?315 Cromwell http://www.diggerhistory.info/images/tanks/cromwell.jpg IMO I would delete the whole entry cos too bad visible IF we really have to keep it I go with Comet cos upper part of the turret looks a bit more sloped seen here http://www.simonsfotos.co.uk/uploads/4/1/6/8/4168990/8891438_orig.jpg?315 -- Last edit: 2014-06-07 19:21:20 |
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◊ 2016-09-13 15:24 |
Class would be Military armored vehicle in my opinion. |
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◊ 2019-02-22 15:16 |
Agreed up to a point, but many unexpected collaborations took place during WW2 under government direction - the normal rules did not apply. Also noted that soon after WW2, Leyland and Rover seem to have had friendly relations while there was no competitive overlap between their respective truck and car production. Leyland for instance were silent partners in co-funding Rover's early gas turbine projects, presumably to watch for any potential truck applications. |
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◊ 2019-03-13 01:03 |
A Big Clue just about legible![[Image: 04-10cromwell.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/04-10cromwell.jpg) Also the commentary describes Rover making the Rolls-Royce-designed Meteor engines for the Cromwell tank, an arrangement which I've read started in 1942. /vehicle.php?id=1242686 |
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