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Unique ID: 1084 Added to Database: December 2009 Last Edited: 6 March 2012 Type (ID): A27L Centaur OP (3300) Model (ID): Centaur OP (3300) Location Category (ID): Imperial War Museum (3300) Location (ID): Inside Land Warfare Hall (3304) Serial Number: Registration: T187617 (not original): “T187617” painted on nose. Name: Other Identification: Unit markings painted on nose and hull rear. Collection Reference: 4100.20.1 Links: IWM Object Record References: Chamberlain and Ellis/BATWW2 photo 62 Associated Tanks: Location History: (see map) 1: Leyland Motors, Farington, Lancashire, North West England, Britain (Primary Centaur manufacturer) 2: Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Cambridgeshire, East England, Britain (Current location) Text in original Preserved British Tanks publication: [No entry] Text in Preserved British Tanks Update: [No entry] Text in original Preserved Tanks In Britain publication: This Centaur is a command variant that had no gun to make room in the turret for radio gear; a fake gun was fitted to make it less obvious as a special unit (source: L. Child). It was intended for artillery observation officers’ use. It is fitted with map boards on the turret roof, and also appears to be fitted with supports for an awning over the turret. It is displayed as a command tank of 7th Armoured Brigade in NW Europe in 1944 (source: IWM Object Record). It service history is unknown (source: IWM Object Record) so its registration is presumed to be fake; a well-known wartime photograph shows a Centaur OP with registration T187617 in use as a Brigade Commander’s tank in Germany, April 1945 (source: Chamberlain and Ellis/BATWW2).

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June 2008 1: Front right view Taken: 15 June 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 2311 Added: 15 December 2009 Filename: IMG_0242... Views: 384 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		2: Rear right view Taken: 15 June 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 2312 Added: 15 December 2009 Filename: IMG_0245... Views: 149 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		3: Rear left view Taken: 15 June 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 2313 Added: 15 December 2009 Filename: IMG_0247... Views: 186 Select/Has Priority: 21/0

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