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Armor/AFV: British Armor
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Centaur OP and Cromwell CS
m4sherman
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Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 - 08:29 AM UTC
After reading the posts about the Tamiya Cromwells I remembered I had a kit stashed. When I found it I discovered a 3/4 completed Centaur OP I was making using the Centaur CS. The gun from the CS is now in another Cromwell. How soon we forget!

So here is the question. How were the CS tanks deployed. Were they like the Firefly's, as part of a tank unit (squadron, platoon, company) or were they kept higher up? The original idea was a column of moving up, post Normandy. One shows up in the bag by Whitmann at Villers Bocage with the rest of the Cromwells being 75mm tanks, but I was thinking of having 2 in the column.

I will be needing a few good British tank crew to in the tanks, reccomendations anyone.
Drader
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Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 - 02:25 PM UTC
Two CS tanks in the HQ troop of a tank squadron seems to have been the deployment

Tank regiment organisation

David
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Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 - 02:33 PM UTC
ultracast makes some nice tankcrews, but they are mostly in relaxed poses.

Cheers
squeakyclean
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Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 - 05:22 PM UTC
Royal Models make a nice British Tank crew, in summer dress too.

Cheers

Matt
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Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 - 05:58 PM UTC
Thanks everyone.
blackhand
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Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 - 11:10 PM UTC
Resicast make a nice range of British crew figures aimed at Cromwells & Centaurs .Ultracast figures are good but primarilly aimed at Shermans good luck with the project
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