Centaur I

Nationality	British
Size	Medium (+0)
Start Date	Oct 1942
Road Speed	27MPH = 13"
Cross-Cntry Speed	16MPH = 8"

Armor/Penetration Chart
Frnt	Frnt30	Frnt45	Side	Side45	Rear	HlDown	Vuln.
1-3	1-4	1-5	1-3	1-5	1-3	-	F
4-5	5-8	6	-	6	4	4-7	E
6-7	9-10	7	4	-	-	8-9	D
8-11	11-12	8-11	-	7	5	10-18	C
12-17	13-20	12-24	5-6	8-10	6	19+	B
18+	21+	25+	7+	11+	7+	-	A

Movement Rates
Road	Road Spd
Flat	1
Broken	2
Mud	3¹
Sand	1¹
Soft Ground	1¹
Snow	1
Deep Snow	2¹
Fording	2¹
Amphibious	Amph Spd

Gentle Slope	+1
Moderate Slope	+3
Steep Slope	N/A

Sparse Undergrowth	+0
Dense Undergrowth	+0
Woods	+1
Forest	N/A
¹ = check for mire

Gunnery Chart
Armament: 6-Pounder + coax MG + bow MG
BR 57L45			100m 2"	250m 5"	500m 10"	750m 15"	1000m 20"	1250m 25"	1500m 30"	1750m 35"	2000m 40"	2500m 50"

AP	Mk 1-7T		11	11	10	9	8	7	6	6
APCBC	Mk 9T	10/42	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	8
HE			*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
APC	Mk 8T
APCR	Mk 1T
APDS	Mk 1T
Other Ammos:
Target Vuln.		A	1t2k	2t3k	3t4k	4t5k	5t6k	7k	8k	9k
		B	2t3k	3t4k	4t5k	5t6k	6t7k	8k	9k	10k
		C	3t4k	4t5k	5t6k	6t7k	7t8k	8t9k	9k	10k
		D	5t6k	6t7k	7t8k	7t8k	8t9k	8t9k	10k	10k
		E	7t8k	8t9k	8t9k	8t9k	9t10k	9t10k	10k	---
		F	9t	10t	10t	10t	10t	10t	---	---

Notes: Basically a Cromwell with the Liberty engine, which was built due to the lack of Meteor engines. After the Meteor production caught up, several were converted to Cromwell X's (III's) or were converted to special-purpose variants.

Stats: AKA: A27L , Cruiser VIII; 5 crew; 6.35×2.90×2.49m; Weight: 28.4 tonne; Ground Pressure: 1.61kg/cm² 395HP; P/W Ratio: 13.9HP/tonne; Main Ammo: 64 rounds

Lightning War!

Nov 2007