Aussie Sentinel tanks

[Ryan]

Bought myself a copy of the movie at jb hifi for $20. The Sentinels are in the movie for 5 minutes but it was great to see them driving around.
The only mods they had on them was a box structure over the mantlet surrounding the gun barrel and a enlarged cylindrical commanders copola. It didn't make them look more 'german' to modern eyes though and they also had a dodgy backwards facing swastika on the front of the tank.
The movie also featured period footage with Blitzs and the like and plenty of shiny new LP2 carriers featuring the actors.
Worth a look.

[Ryan]

t1.jpg t2.jpg t3.jpg

Some pictures of Sentinel production from the AWM website.

[Ryan]

It seems the ex Belfield AC3 is now in a new Tank and Arty museum in QLD and is being refurbished and turned into a mock up AC4!

A link to the museum:
http://www.ausarmour.com/

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[Tony Smith]

Employee enamel badge from the Sentinel Tank Assembly Section at Chullora railway workshops:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/D123-RARE...item5b026c199f

[Ryan]

Just want to confirm this.

Does the Sentinel use standard type M3 lee/grant roadwheels, drive sprocket and idler?
And does it use standard m3 Lee/grant track?

[David Herbert]

The tracks, road wheel tyres and sprocket rings are the same as M3 / M4 medium tanks with VVSS. There are many variations of these parts but they are all interchangable. The sprocket hubs, road wheel centres and idler assembly are unique to Sentinel though the road wheels may be interchangeable with the American ones.

David

[Martin Kelly]

AC1 (with the 2 pounder) and AC4 prototype mock up(with the 17 pounder). The AC1 was purchased from a US collector and given to the Aussie Museum by a Ukrainian Games company (who make the World of Tanks game). The museum, based in Cairns fabricated the mantlet of the AC4 prototype, in their workshop. Their workshop had done a bit of reconditioning, but is presently putting together a Tiger replica, based on the Mockup Tiger they purchased from "Fury".