JohnnyTheIED wrote:Exactly why I compared it to the French legion, SAS had French, Polish, Danish and many other foreign regiments during world war 2. You obviously have absolutely no knowledge about that. Max Manus was way more famous (and successful) than Lewis. Go read about where he's from.
Of course a book called the originals wrote by Gordon Stevens made it all up..
Back on topic...
[R-COM]HangMan wrote:
On topic: I checked EoD2 and could not see a centurion tank
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It was used by the aussies in Vietnam XD don't go by a games files
According to Failpedia:
In 1967 the Royal Australian Armoured Corps' (RAAC), 1st Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) Squadron transferred to "A" Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Vietnam. Although they successfully conducted combat operations in their areas of operation(s) (AOs), reports from the field stated that their light-armour (M-113 ACAVs) were unable to force their way through dense jungle limiting their offensive actions against enemy forces. The Australian government, under criticism from Parliament, decided to send a Squadron of Australian Centurion tanks to South Vietnam. The 84 mm-gunned[14] Australian Centurions of 'C' Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment landed in the Republic of South Vietnam on 24 February 1968, and were headquartered at Nui Dat in III Corps (MR3).
Colonel Donald B. Dunstan, later to be governor of South Australia, was the Deputy Task Force Commander of the Australian Forces in South Vietnam Col. Dunstan had quite possibly been the last Australian to utilize tanks and infantry in a combined arms operation during WWII, during the Bougainville campaign. And, for the first time since WWII, Col Dunstan would be commanding Australia's tanks and infantry in combat again. When he temporarily took over command during Brigader R. L. Hughes absence, he directed that the Centurions be brought up from Nui Dat, to reinforce the firebases at Coral and Balmoral, believing that they were a strong element that weren't being used. Besides adding a great deal of firepower, Col. Dunstan stated, he "...couldn't see any reason why they (Centurions) shouldn't be there..."His foresight in the coming battles enabled the 1st ATF to inflict approximately 267 enemy casualties during the six week long battle at Coral and Balmoral, as well as capturing 11 POWs, 36 crew-served weapons, 112 small arms, and other miscellaneous enemy weapons.
After the battles at firebases Coral and Balmoral, in which the 1st Australian Task Force defeated the 141st and 165th NVA Infantry Regiments[20] in May 1968; a third Centurion troop, which included two tankdozers, was formed. By September 1968 'C' Squadron was brought to its full strength of four troops, each equipped with four Centurion tanks. By 1969, 'B' Squadron, 3rd Cavalry; 'A' Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment; 'B' Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment; and 'C' Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment, had all made rotations through South Vietnam. Originally deployed as 26 Centurion tanks, after three and a half years of combat operations, 58 Centurions had served in country; 42, of which 6 were beyond repair, suffered battle damage, and two Centurion tank crewmen had been killed in action.
The Centurion crews, after operating for a few weeks in country, soon learned to remove the protective armored side skirts from both sides of the tank, to prevent the vegetation & mud from building up between the track and the fenders. Each Centurion in Vietnam normally carried a basic load of 62 rounds of 20 pounder shells (84mm), 4,000 rounds of .50 caliber & 9,000 rounds of .30 caliber machinegun ammunition for its one tank commander's and two coaxial machineguns; and were equipped with gasoline engines, which necessitated the use of an extra externally mounted 100 gallon fuel tank, which was attached to its stern.
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