Landships II

Centurion · Legend

Steamer at CWS?

Mark Hansen · Legend

Centurion wrote:

I enclose a shot of the big steamer showing the mud srapers on the horns. Its the guy standing under the horns thats of interest as he appears to be one of the Chinese labour corps employed at CSW Erin. Does this mean that the Tank Corps played host to this tank?

BTW why has a target been placed on the front of the tank?

I think that "target" is actually a banner or pennant of some sort. There is another one on the "sponson" just above the crew door. The cord suspending the front banner/pennant enters the tank through the MG position and drivers flap (the big round hole and the small rectangular hole if I've got the apertures named incorrectly).

There is a design inside the "bullseye" and sone writing above and below it but the contrast makes it impossible to read.

Centurion · Legend

Mark Hansen wrote:

I think that "target" is actually a banner or pennant of some sort. There is another one on the "sponson" just above the crew door. The cord suspending the front banner/pennant enters the tank through the MG position and drivers flap (the big round hole and the small rectangular hole if I've got the apertures named incorrectly).

There is a design inside the "bullseye" and sone writing above and below it but the contrast makes it impossible to read.

The one on the sponson is obviously different being longer and narrower, the one on the front does look remarkably like the old army surplus targets I used to pot away at in my university rifle club (using ancient falling breech single shot Martini Henrys but thats another story).
Incidentally it does look as if someone in a ski mask is peering out of the circular hole on the sponson.

-- Edited by Centurion at 12:25, 2006-09-05