andygif290368 Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 (edited) Now this might be an extreme shot in the dark.... But does anyone know which antenna was added to the turret of the Centurion tanks circa '59/'60, It was probably armour & tanks belonging to the Royal Scots Greys. The reason for asking is that my Dad was doing his National service with the REME at the time, Stationed at Fallingbostel, and he tells a story of a long weekend spent drilling holes in Centurion Turrets to take a new antenna for some urgent radio equipment update. Now the less qualified REME guys in the depot were on constant drill sharpening duty, were as the ones who had been around a bit got to spend hours trying not to get slung off the turret by the drill bit catching and spinning the drill and operator but not the bit. Apparently this job was so urgent that all the REME guys were allowed to go into mess in their dirty work gear, which didn't go down too well with a certain Royal Scots Greys junior officer, (yes, that one the Queen's 1st Cousin), who didn't want all these dirty/oily types in the mess, the REME's Senior officer on the job (also a dirty/oily type at the time) then told said junior officer to go forth and multiply and leave his men to get on with their break. I've got AFV club's mk5/2 Centurion kit to make, along with the Edaurd BigEd etches and Spade Ace metal tracks. I thought i might just pose the tank when its completed with a figure drilling a hole in the turret. Edited July 9, 2014 by andygif290368 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Andy, It's probably a Larkspur fit that they were installing given the time frame that you gave. Regards Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Evans Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 VHF would probably be C42s and maybe a B47, HF were C13s When Clansman radios came in, the installation team for that got away with murder too. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygif290368 Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 Thanks for the input guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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