Centaur | Tank Chats #172 | The Tank Museum

Hi Tank Nuts! It's a complex story, but we hope you enjoyed it. Let us know what you think of this Tank Chat in the comments below.

Im overjoyed to see mr. Willey back, he needs to appear more often

FYI, Mr. Willey you do a great job presenting these tanks and are a great asset to documenting history and the museum.

Anyone else just love the look of the Centaur/Cromwell? There's just something about the boxy shape and giant rivets on the turret that make it appealing.

Another example of infrastructure and logistics being really important.

Yay! It's mr. Willey again! Chris Copson does great and last week's show with him and Dag Patchett was one of the best and most informative shows ever, but sometimes you just need the old Waterfall-of-Words that is David Willey. Please bring back Dag Patchett again. He can do a "Top 5 tanks and why the T-72 is all 5" or something more serious. He was great.

It's great to see David back.

Having a gun that can fire AT and HE rounds is critical. Tanks and infantry do need to work together to achieve the break out. Many people seem to think it's all about tank vs tank.

Excellent presentation of the history of the Centaur. Well done.👏😊

Does David do birthday parties?

The quality of the commentary is excellent.

These 'C' tanks are my fav WWII Brit tanks Loved seeing one in Band of Brothers And featuring in 'commando' comic book opening fire in rain at night on a hillside road! Christie suspension, speed, later model Cromwells with a decent cannon, lower silhouette than Sherman! What's not to love!

Thanks David - good to have the maesto back again - your colleagues are good but your presentations are exceptional

Great video from David, who else couild explian such a complicated and tortuous development history so clearly and eloquently? First class, as the team at the Tank Museum always are.

Nuffield was a nightmare. He also had an adverse effect on early Spitfire production! His way or no way, I think!

The tank museum is fortunate in having a bevy of engaging communicators.

It's fabulous to see David again, Chris is also fab. Just enjoy seeing both presenters 😊

The 95mm Centaurs belonged to the Royal Marine Armored Support Group and were named for Royal Naval ships that had been lost in combat. Centaur "Hunter" at about 28-30 was named for the destroyer HMS Hunter. At about 28-35 is shown a Cetaur towing extra ammunition in a Porpoise Sledge. The Centaurs were not supposed to leave the beach, but stay and return to England , but when the infantry they were supporting got off the beaches, the Centaurs followed them to continue their support. It took weeks to round them up and some were considerably inland when they were found. Eventually the 95mm Centaurs were passed on to the French.

I learnt a lot about the convoluted affair which was British tank design, David's talk explained a great deal.

Excellent account - enough information and history to spawn hours of further research. Fascinating development. Thank you.