#1: Bovington, FV 4004 Conway or FV 4005? Author: Massimo_Foti, Location: Lugano, SwitzerlandPosted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 6:25 pm ---- During my visit last year, I saw this tank outside the Museum:
Inside the Museum there is a scale model of it, labeled as "Conway". I asked the Museum's crew about it, at first they were unable to identify it, but they called somebody else and told me it's a "Conway".
To be sincere, the turret looks too big compared to the standard Centurion tank, just to hold a 120mm gun. Especially if you compare it to a Conqueror.
The FV 4005 used a a 183 mm gun. Based on Trevor's source and the fact that the gun looks bigger than a 120mm, I am almost sure Trevor got it right. Do we have additional info?
#2: Re: Bovington, FV 4004 Conway or FV 4005? Author: JimWeb, Location: The back of beyondPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 3:05 pm ---- Yes its the Fv4005 Series 2 (Series 1 had the open mount)
Easiest way to distinguish it from the Conway is that the Conway has a cast mantlet.
#3: Re: Bovington, FV 4004 Conway or FV 4005? Author: TrevorLarkum, Location: Northampton, EnglandPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 9:07 pm ---- Yes, Bovington has a Conway too, but it's currently in storage:
Bovington has changed its database records again, so the links on their profile pages no longer work. I'm in the process of creating a system that will get around this - for now you can access them here:
#5: Re: Bovington, FV 4004 Conway or FV 4005? Author: TrevorLarkum, Location: Northampton, EnglandPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 9:18 pm ---- Just fixed a typo in the links I posted.
#6: Re: Bovington, FV 4004 Conway or FV 4005? Author: TrevorLarkum, Location: Northampton, EnglandPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 9:32 pm ---- Here's a picture of Conway to compare with the top picture above, from when it was on public display in 1982 (and a check of the new forum photo link change):
