British Cromwell tank series

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Originally Posted by Charles M

Suggested comments for the Centaur III, Unit No. 307 and Centaur IV Unit No. 309:

"Like its predecessor, the Cavalier, the production of Centaurs was bedevilled by delays and arguments concerning the engine to be used – the choice of the old Liberty engine being a major blunder as it had to run flat out to produce enough power and was woefully unreliable. The 503 Cavaliers and 1821 Centaurs built made no real contribution to the British war effort and were a waste of precious resources. Only 80 Centaur Mk IVs with 95mm howitzer saw action with the Royal Marines from D-Day onwards to provide fire support during the landings and then, for a time, further inland". The reference in the current unit notes to "only a few prototypes" of the Cavalier being built should be deleted as it is clearly incorrect.

Well now that is interesting since there are no unit notes for the Cavalier (U988) nor the Centaur III (U307 ) nor Centaur IV (U309) so IDK where you found the "only a few prototypes" note in regards to the Cavalier

As well the Centaur IV is the only one of the three that is actually a combat tank.( and now has descriptive text based on what you provided ) The other two are included as "what if" UC 30 prototype