Hi guys, can anyone tell me the length of the towing hawser for a Centurion 5/1 with rear fuel tank fitted. I would presume that they were longer than standard?
Thanks for your help, Martin.

Hi Martin , dunno the exact dimensions ,

But they go like this .

No definitive answer in this thread but it's worth the read anyway

http://pub30.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=2538218823&frmid=213&msgid=1266745&cmd=show

HTH

H.P.

Hi
the length of a tow rope is 30ft , the long range tank was also fitted to centurion bridgelayer and gun tanks and ARVs
I measured my bridgelayers and a gun tank and AVRE
hope it helps .
ossie

Hi guys, thanks for the replies.

Brian, nice clear close-ups, thanks, though the ropes on the Cent. in your photos look too short/tight compared to VN war photos.

Frenchy, thanks for the link to that thread, good but as you say, no firm result (and a site I'd not come across before, now bookmarked )

Ossie, thanks for taking time to get real measurements, though your post provokes another question: how do you fit a long range tank to an ARV? Surely the earth anchor gets in the way

Cheers, Martin.

here's how I did mine on my Mk 7/11LR







cheers

Hi Richard, nice model. Heres a couple of pics of mine (still a work in progress)...









HobbyMaster 1/72 scale 'die-cast' disassembled, stripped and repainted.
Dozer blade by Cromwell Models
Crew by AB Miniatures
Stowage by Wee Friends

Cheers, Martin (a braille scale modeller who sometimes needs help from the big boys )

Ok Martin , heres a pic of a Centurion , in Vietnam , showing the drape of the cable on this particular vehicle .

hi yes you are right , the long range fuel tank was not fitted to ARVs
i meant the tow rope mk 2 30ft lol
anyway think you knew what i meant ossie

I'm close to finishing an AFV club Shot Cal, & I'm sure I read somewhere that tow cables were usually only fixed at the rear of the vehicle, and left toile unattached on the side of the tank; maybe that is where the extra cable sage has come from, a cable not attached to a forward fixing point as it should be?