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Tonys · Field Marshal

Another Centurion Cpecial

PDA · Legend

http://www.landships.info/landships/tank_articles.html?load=tank_articles/Tank_Projects_1917_1919.html

Tonys · Field Marshal

PDA,

That only gives one side elevation, need plans and front/rear elevations.

Tony

PDA · Legend

Well if that isn't good enough for you, then the answer to your question is probably "No", unless Centurion is still around and has more information than he put into his article (I'm sure you PMed him before you posted this thread), or if the book mentioned in this thread has the detailed plans you seek: http://landships.activeboard.com/t10489618/a-compendium-of-drawings-of-tanks-mark-v-ix-and-some-experim/

YW

Tonys · Field Marshal

No, I didn't PM him - other people might also be interested.

I have ordered the CD of the book and will publish a list of contents once I have it.

Tony

PDA · Legend

Tonys wrote:
No, I didn't PM him - other people might also be interested.
I have ordered the CD of the book and will publish a list of contents once I have it.
Tony

I'm interested. It's just that I suspect Centurion made those drawings up based on information in (I think) Devil's Chariots and/or A New Excalibur. ie, I think he made them up, even though they are based on 'facts'. He may have made other drawings at the time; 1st or 3rd angle projections and so on. So it may be worth trying to contact him.

It's possible he had a copy of the tank schematics book I mention above, and that is the only other possibility (in terms of books that may mention "drawing board tanks") I can think of, so it will be interesting to hear if these tanks are included on your CD.

Gwyn Evans · Legend

Centurion has not been active on this Forum since April 2012, nor on the Great War Forum (same man) since December 2014.

Gwyn

TinCanTadpole · Legend

I've seen a couple of photos (a year or so back) on the IWM website of a mock-up which seems to fit Centurion's drawing for a Mk.V***; certainly there was a mock-up featuring an enlarged driver's cab, different sponsons, and a hull extension that protruded above the slope of the track return at the back, whilst staying level with the roof.

However, if that is indeed the design Centurion was depicting, I think he may have misidentified it, because my understanding is that said mock-up represented the ORIGINAL Mk.V design - the all-new design that was abandoned in favour of a less radical change based on the existing hull, ie the production Mk V.
The photos depict the mock-up in the same location that the Mark VI mock-up was photographed in mid 1917, and if memory serves, the other mock-up was pictured about the same time - a suitable timeframe for an early design of Mk.V, but not for a V***.