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The Centurions had RR Meteor engines - and if they had only had
a
common
parts
nomenclature/numbering system, the Aussie could have supplied
the
Yanks
with
parts!

It was not until the beginning of 1952 that the Australian Army
finally
received it's first Centurion tanks. These first tanks were given
to 1
Armoured Regiment.

How about the Comet tank - what engine did that have - and did the
Aussies use
it - and was it in Korea ??

Comet had the Meteor.

Australia never used the Comet

OK - some tank regiment somewhere, equipped with some tanks powered by
RR
Meteor
engines, were stationed in the next valley to an air force squadron of
planes
powered by Packard Merlins.

If only they'd known that it was essentially the same engine - they
could
have
swapped parts and prevented the air force squadron from being grounded
due
to
lack of spares.

Will that do ??

Yes thats accurate. but somehow the story lacks the same zing...

BTW someone who owns a airworthy Merlin suggested the Meteor engine may
contain steel parts. He didn't elaborate but there was a hint that the block
may be something other than aluminum.