These look like trials in the UK and Germany around 1946-47 The tanks include A41 Pilot Centurion, Centurion MkI and MkII. Most of the MkIs were later sold to Jordan and the MkIIs converted to Armoured Recovery Vehicles. They were only built in small numbers pending the production version with 20 Pounder gun, the Centurion Mk3 entering service in 1948.
Nagyon jó kis film. Egykor én is harckocsi vezetőket képeztem. Amint elnéztem itt is 2x kellett kuplungolni sebesség váltáskor. Ezt ma már nem nagyon ismerik. T 55 váltója is igy működőtt. Csak a vezető mellett volt a váltó kar. Az emelkedő szembe lépcsővel akadályt volt a legnehezebb megtanitani az ujoncoknak. Attól féltek, hogy hanyatt esik a tank. A fiatasàgom jut az eszemben. A tankos élet mindenütt nehéz volt. Mi télen a motorház tetején aludtunk. A hűtő rácson. A kocsi ponyvájával takartuk be magunkat. Köszi a feltöltést. Thanks. ❤❤❤❤❤
@@markhayes8743 This film looks like a compilation of footage as some vehicles were photographed before 1949. I would suggest trials rather than driver training at RAC Depot.
It was in its day the best tank to serve the British Army. Please don't tell me Chieftain was? I served 9 long hard dirty years on Chieftain and it was the biggest piece of crap ever inflicted on the British Army!!!!!!!!
A lot of people comment on tanks when it is obvious that they have never served in a tank regiment or even served in the British army. The centurion was produced in large numbers and was sold to many countries. The Israelis bought many second hand ones and used them in all their wars with the arab countries.
Obviously the driver had x ray vision to see the knife edge,then the vertical drop to reverse the gun so to not bury it,highly trained as the staff officer.
Panther had good mobility and once it had its awful reliability problems sorted out it became an effective late war tank. Time wasn’t kind to the Panther as it was obsolete at the end of the war
