PDF can have the next question, if he wants it.
Most kind.
All right then, another photo quiz. This is a well known WW2 engine, but what is it? Oh, and if you’re one of the usual suspects or obviously recognise it straight off I’ll be expecting chapter and verse on how it works 
Hmm, was it ever used in a Tank?
OK wild stab in the dark (no that’s not a description of me) Rolls Royce Merlin.
It’s a Rolls Royce Meteor, a downrated Merlin used to power many British tanks. It is on display at the Royal Tank Regiment Museum at Bovington, Dorset. if you press a little button on the display, the fan spins round and a loudspeaker plays the sound of one standing up.
Oh, youve spoiled my Tank clue, didnt it power the Cromwell and Comet?
It did, and the Centurion and Conquerer to, IIRC.
(It also powered a drag tractor that one of the REME lads at my last place built).
Of course, it might not be a Meteor, and I could have made myself look like a right cock with my last post :?
True, but as thats what I thought it was too, we will be Cocks together!
Careful - last time a Crab said that to me it ended badly
Sorry I mean Dicks together er no how about just plain fools.
:lol:
Yep, it isn’t a Meteor at all 
I will give you a hint though - this engine was never as far as I’m aware used in a tank.
Yep, it isn’t a Meteor at all
I will give you a hint though - this engine was never as far as I’m aware used in a tank.[/quote]
Ah bollocks, it’s the spitting image of the one in Bovvie.
I’m feeling sympathetic to you all, so here are a couple of hints:
- That engine is in the correct upright position, not on it’s side or anything
- It isn’t a Rolls-Royce product.
(BTW, consider yourselves lucky, I was looking for an image of the R-R Crecy but couldn’t find one - shame, because they had that producing 5,000 BHP from a 2-stroke diesel!)
Edit: While I think about it, isn’t the chopped down propeller on one end sufficient hint it isn’t a tank engine???
You’d think :oops:
OK another bash:
Napier Sabre
Yep!
The cylinders are in an H-form, which is why you can see two sets of cylinder heads in the photo.
Bristol Hercules?
As powered the Bristol Freighter.
Mind you if so, it never got into service untill dec 45, so its a bit of a trick question as it isnt ww2?
Tell me Im a Cock!
Damn, ok Im a Cock!
Bloody good question though, you dont know how long I spent on this one!
:lol:
Hurra, but you’ll have to wait for the next question as I am sacking it for tonight. Be back tomorrow for something a bit more tricky on the NBC side of things.