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L.Delsing · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Feb 10, 2006 Posts: 960

Some photo's of engineer tanks at one of the squares of Hohne Camp near Bergen, Germany. They are on the same square

What the exact typedesignations are I don't know.

L.Delsing · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Feb 10, 2006 Posts: 960

Centurion with some sort of trailer

L.Delsing · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Feb 10, 2006 Posts: 960

Challenger???? variant with fascines

palic · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Mar 03, 2006 Posts: 172

both first two pics - the Centurion 165 AVRE ... equipped with 165 mm demolition gun, dozer blade and fascine carrier (AVRE means Assault Vehicle Royal Engineers)

second pic - the Centurion 165 AVRE again, the trailer seems to be usual equipment carrying trailer (for spare fascines, demolition or mine clearing stuff etc) - I am sure it is not a Giant Viper Mine Clearing system)

third pic - the Centurion AVRE equipped with Trackwidth Mine Plough instead of dozer blade and fitted with rails to carry three Maxi-fascine rolls (only two carried here) or five Class 60 trackway carpet spools... Ah yes, can carry spare No.9 bridge for the Chieftain AVLB (Armoured Vehicle-Launched Bridge)

AVRE Centurions were converted from Mk.5 gun tanks...

Roy_A_Lingle

Hi Palic! Hi Folks!

- palic

third pic - the Centurion AVRE equipped with Trackwidth Mine Plough instead of dozer blade and fitted with rails to carry three Maxi-fascine rolls (only two carried here) or five Class 60 trackway carpet spools... Ah yes, can carry spare No.9 bridge for the Chieftain AVLB (Armoured Vehicle-Launched Bridge)

Palic I agree with you on the first two tanks and the trailier.
However I must disagree with you on the third one. That is a Chieftain hull under all that engineering equipment.

Sgt, Scouts Out!

palic · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Mar 03, 2006 Posts: 172

Yes, yes, yes!!! O my old eyes! Confused

Definitely Chieftain AVRE.
How could i make such stupid mistake - I have two of them (Chieftain gun tanks) on my workbench ready for painting....
Thanks Roy

ossie · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Aug 20, 2006 Posts: 81

hi all

ok teh first two pictures are Centurion AVRE 165mm with a 7 1/2 ton Sankey AVRE Trailer.
the third is a CHAVRE = Chieftain Armoured Engineer Vehicle Royal Engineers .

www.armouredengineers....hotose.htm
check this page out and you will see them in action also the other pages .
i loved teh Centurion AVRE & Bridgelayer also Chieftain AVLB . i served on them for 12 years and loevd every minute of it.
Ossie

L.Delsing · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Feb 10, 2006 Posts: 960

Thanks for the types!!

regards,
Lesley

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