Centurion Searchlight mounting point
Hello,
I owned and restored Australian Centurion 169-129 in the late 1990's and fitted a new out of the box Philips-Usffa searchlight assembly (which like the vehicle itself came from Tim Vibert)
The mounting bar is attached by two (or maybe it was three?) large HT bolts which tap into the gun mantlet plate itself. The mantlet cover sould go on over the support bar as there is provision to zip the cover over the large end of the bar when the searchlight is stowed away to keep the mantlet weather and dustproof.
All the parts were still in their tropic proof packaging and I had, for a time the only fully IR capable Centurion in private hands in the country...
What fun it was to acquire cow 'targets' at midnight in the top paddock after midnight.
Cheers
Phill Hastings
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