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Unknown in Rover: The Long Goodbye, Documentary, 2007

Background vehicle

Author	Message
Sunbar ◊ 2008-11-15 12:08	Picture probably illustrates the Meteor engine produced in WWI by Rover. Rolls Royce Meteor engine production was taken over by Rover as a result of the jet engine production moving from Rover to Rolls Royce. The Meteor was used in the following vehicles according to Wikipedia: * Cromwell * Comet * Centurion * Tortoise experimental assault tank. * Conqueror post war heavy tank edit: From its appearance possibly a 1943 Leyland A27M Cruiser Tank Mk.VIII Cromwell Mk.IV as here... /vehicle_40989-Leyland-A27M-Cruiser-Tank-MkVIII-Cromwell-MkIV-1943.html -- Last edit: 2008-11-15 12:26:13
2491tj ◊ 2008-11-19 16:01	going by those odd turret shapes..id say a Centurion..it was a joint co operation build by Leyland/Royal Ordnance Factory/Vickers........the "Leyland" is what links it to Rover.
rob ◊ 2009-12-26 23:00	A34 Comet
marklandynut ◊ 2010-05-15 00:56	Leyland had nothing to do with Rover until 1967 when Leyland bought Rover. Prior to that they were two independant companies, and were in fact rivals from 1960 when Leyland bought Standard Triumph. The fact both were involved on these tanks is coincidence and done soleley to the fact Rolls Royce did not have enough production capacity to build the Meteor engine for the tanks as they were already fully committed to making Merlins for aircraft.