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Post by seangb on Apr 30, 2007 20:28:42 GMT
Hi
can anyone tell me the main difference between a Chieftain mk5 and a Chieftain mk10
Cheers Sean ;D
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2007 8:41:34 GMT
Ayup Sean, I've emailed the Tank Museum at Bovington for a brief answer to that question. Basically, I asked what the main noticable differences were between the Mk 5 and the Mk 10.
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Post by seangb on May 1, 2007 9:06:59 GMT
Yeah theres something about a ''Stillbrew armour package''
and some lasr ranger thingy on the turret
but I can't seem to find any pictures , or see the differences on the tanks
But hopefully some one can put us right with a few photo's
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Post by karlos on May 1, 2007 9:53:14 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2007 9:59:28 GMT
Ayup Folks,
Just received the following from David Fletcher of the Bovington Tank Museum, which was in reply to an email sent to the museum this morning, requesting the main differences between the Chieftain Mk 5 & Mk 10 ...
"The days when one could identify the Mark of a tank just by looking at it probably ended with the Centurion. With Chieftain we only work off number plates but even then there are difficulties because the registration cards are not always up to date. Simon Dunstan’s New Vanguard title on the Chieftain is undoubtedly the best source. Many of the differences are purely internal and even IFCS, which ought to be a distinguishing feature, can be found on the Mark 5/3. Aside from that Stillbrew is the only obvious feature.
In fact I don’t think there is a simple answer. Simon’s book is undoubtedly the best published source but even that is too thin to be comprehensive. It really needs someone with a good eye, and time on their hands, to go back to basics and try to work it all out. It is instructive, for example, to look at a Fotofax title on the Chieftain that Simon did for Arms & Armour Press in 1989 and compare it with the New Vanguard title. The list of Mark differences is completely different, and that after a further 14 years research!"
DavidF
My thanks to David Fletcher for a very swift and informative reply.
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Post by seangb on May 1, 2007 18:24:33 GMT
Cheers Guys
I'll keep an eye out for the book
And Cheers Karlos I think I can see the difference now
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