Late To The Party | Operation Sentry - The First Centurion Trials 1945 Part 2
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- Опубликовано: 16 июн 2021
- The six Centurion tanks were collected from Lulworth at noon on 13th May 1945 and immediately set off for the port of Southampton. They arrived at No. 20 Transit Camp in the evening. The next morning, they were embarked on Landing Craft Tank (L.C.T.) 798 and 1035 commanded by Lieutenant. C. D. Mitchell and Sub Lieutenant M. F. Bowe, respectively.
On Tuesday, 15th May, the L.C.T.s set sail from Southampton, but stopped overnight at Newhaven and Deal before arriving at Ostend and then finally Antwerp on the evening of the 18th. Disembarking on the 19th, they underwent two days of inspections, including final drive checks on vehicle P.11 before a road march to Nijmegen, a distance of 142 km.
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An article by Andrew Hills
Narrated by Mark Fairclough
Edited by Pavel Alexe
Britain: rushes to deploy the Centurion to the battlefield
USA: rushes to deploy the Pershing to the battlefield
Germany: surrenders
Allies: surprised Pikachu face.
Nothing surprising there. Its surprising that IIIrd Reich didnt surrender in 1943 or 1944 cause they had no chance for winning.
@@Paciat Which matters not against high morale, good understanding across working civilians, fighting soldiers, and commanding officers. Add good equipment, skills, and experience in combat of mad scenarios.
There is a good quote in "The Fury" movie script.
- Why do they not just surrender? - says tanker.
- You would? - says, tank commander.
Whatever, however and with all its flaws it was their homeland.
@Yulis Lol. They were forced to be racist assholes?
No kid. Its a myth that Versal teatry was harsh. (a myth backed up by the British government for their reasons):
ruclips.net/video/ArVAS4lOFmc/видео.html
@Yulis I gave a video proving it wasnt harsh. YOUR THE IGNORANT ONE NOT WATCHING IT.
Here is a longer lecture about it that proves my point. Try not to be ignorant kid:
ruclips.net/video/opDuw4OZ3QI/видео.html
@Yulis I provided videos that debunk propaganda by comparing the Versal treaty to other treaties of the time. You will find only hard facts there.
You provided nothing. You are ignorant to hard facts that I brought "to the table". Here is another video about it from an economical point. Normally I wouldnt post it to you but your channel is from 2023 so I assume youre young and not hopeless yet:
ruclips.net/video/dR-4RTSJ_yo/видео.html
My grandad manufactured parts for the Polsten 20 mm cannon in WW2
The BESA was 7.92 mm, not 7.62!
An interesting trial period. Thanks for detailing it.
Antwerp is in Belgium
Does the waterway into Antwerp lead through Nederland?
@@HanSolo__ go look
Antwerp is not in the Netherlands, it's in Belgium!
Sweden used mk3 Centurions into the 2000s
"7.62 BESA" ??? The BESA was 7.92.
( im probably wrong but)
Could of been updated to the
30 06 for ammunition commonality.
The British shermans used 30 06.
Whilst the domestically produced tanks used 7.92.
So to create ammunition commonality prehaps the besa got updated too 30 06 (7.62×63).
@@studentaviator3756 7.62 - 39 or 51? Its equivalent 3.08, which is just another different round. Commonality of ammunition didn't happen until the 50's with 7.65 x 51?
@@jester5ify
Thank you mate. For correcting me but
I do realise 7.62x51 is 308.
And that 7.62x63 is 30 06
Ill correct my statement.
@@jester5ify could you clear one thing up for me.
Why is 7.62x51 called 308
But 7.62x63 called 30 06
30 cal equals 7.62 i know this bit.
But what does the rest mean?
7.62 BESA? Don't you mean 7.92?
I mean they didnt fire at enemy but 17 pdr was already tested thru and thru. So reliability trials were the main thing.
Wow cool
And then Germany surrendered before Centurion could be tested. Very disapointing. Someone should sue for breach of contract!
those pesky surrenderers.
@@henkvermeer8652 those cowards
@@prathyushareddy9404 yeah, how dare they!
The soldiers on the ground at the time may have had a different opinion on the subject;). (Hell hath no fury like a non-combatant;).
lol the gunner is expected to make god damn tea as well?
that's his main job in a British tank :)
@VectorGhost: It was the radio operator when I was in the army. Besides using the radios he was also the cook, loader and tea/coffee maker.
Interesting.
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It would be great to see this tank against panthers, two very similar tank against each other.
Comets fought Panthers. Very early Centurions were not much of an improvement in firepower or armor, while being slower.
@@Paciat maybe but the Centurion had far better crew accomodations and ergonomics. It's amazing what a difference a bit of elbow room makes in performance.
Can you imagine the war of 1946? The Americans were ready to field the new T29, T30, T32, and T34 heavy tanks, M26 Pershing gradually replacing the Sherman.
Germans were using the Entwicklung series tanks.
The Soviets using IS-3s in great numbers.
And the British are now using Centurion tanks.
Well, it would be impossible because Germany would be atom bombed in July or August 1945. But still, the war would be more interesting.
@@darnit1944 I was thinking Operation Unthinkable when you said 1946
Similar except the bit where centurions were FAR more reliable. Given that 6 tanks undertook 700 miles of driving and between them suffered 2 breakdowns averages at about 2400 miles between breakdowns in an early production tank. That's some 21 times more reliable than late production panthers, which were in turn twice as reliable than early Panthers. Centurion also not only had better crew dynamics compared to Comet, but was leagues ahead of Panther in terms of crew ergonomics, namely seeing out of the tank. All of these factors point to a far more reliable tank with a much higher probability to be shooting first..
Also the Centurion was famous for its cross-country performance with the performance on hills in Korea putting it where nobody expected a tank for example. Sure there wasn't many mountains in the lowlands to be using that sort of performance around, but the ablility to just fling the thing around expected routes of attack would've also chalked it up another one against Panther whose crews were cautious of boggy or hilly terrain due to their aforementioned reliability issues.
Just think, a tank weighing as much as a tiger does a round trip of that length and soesnt break down....... what's that about superior German engineering?
...don't leave NAZI's in charge of your country! (humour implied)
@@user-wf2lm3vi7o sage advice, often over looked lol!
Crazy "Cat" people complaining about "weight shaming" their favorite kitten lol
@@comentedonakeyboard not good for the kitty being too chonky
tiger was 3 years earlier (while the English were toying around with crusaders and cavaliers)
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