Cdn Centurion Mk XI

Originally posted by Philliphastings
Uses for the tyre pump in a Centurion include:.

1. inflation of the pneumatic turret ring seal, for fording and amphibious operations - and -


Clearly the items 2-5 are guesses but of item 1 I am confident.

Cheers

Phill Hastings

Well done indeed !!

Item 1 is correct and the one that most people miss. The other application being the tyre on the mono-wheel, detach-o-matic, fuel trailer.

I have a reference here to the Aussie operation of Cents in Vietnam; barging through the jungle they apparently managed just 15gpm, but then RR petrol engines always did have a prodigious appetite for fire-water.

Rather than 27L, my 6.5L RR product encased in Alvis metal-work only manages 2mpg running light on the road and I can well imagine that a 4 ton load in heavy going could well reverse mpg to gpm.

R.