November 25, 2014 by dignity
Welcome to the final part of our look at the fantastic new Tank Sets from the guys at Warlord Games for Bolt Action! In this one the guys are having a look at the British Cromwell. These are some cool looking medium tanks that would be a great addition to any British and Allied fighting force
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Doh! I just realised that I have glued the co-driver hatches the wrong way around on my resin Cromwell!
Sorry john. You did say to point out if you’d got anything wrong.
Cromwells engine was called the Meteor, not the Griffon. It was however a modified RR Merlin from such aircraft as the spitfire and hurricane. The griffon was a new engine fitted to later marks of Spitfire.
True, we could and maybe should have slopped the armour on cromwell, however it was anything but thin. In fact on the welded hull models, the armour on the front plate was almost as thick as that on the german Tiger1.
The gun was called the OQF 75mm. The 6pdr you mentioned was a 57mm calibre weapon, used on some cruser and infantry tanks and as a towed weapon by both us and the US Army. It just so happened that the 6pdr cartridge was almost the same dimensions as the US 75mm round, and the 75 had a better HE fill. As tankers were crying out for good HE to engage German AT guns and infantry, the choice was made to bore out the 6pdr to 75mm to accept the US ammunition.
I knew I was getting my engines muddled up. And yeah the guns… I forgot that the yanks used the 6pdr and called it the 57mm. So I totally dropped the ball. In regards to armour thickness, it really didn’t seem to bother 88’s or PAK 40’s that much. And “welded version”? Cromwell was never a riveted tank, they disposed of that manufacturing process after 1942 and the failures of the light/medium cruiser tanks.
Have to disagree with the riveted/welded comment there John. New vanguard 104 cromwell and comet cruisert tanks by David Fletcher. Page 17 shows that only the Mk V and VII cromwells were welded. What I believe was the most commonmodel,the MkIV was a new build Centaur MkI with the meteor engine. All centaur models were built with riveted hulls.
Your comment regarding the Pak40 and Flak37 88mm is valid, however as large calibre high velocity guns, not even the T34 or KV1 had much chance of withstanding a hit from those weapons. In much the same way as Tigers, panthers and PzIVs were knocked out by British 17pdrs on a fairly regular basis at longer combat ranges.
From what I’ve seen of Cromwells, I think the earlier models have part-riveted hulls but all seem to have welded turrets. Keep in mind the models of Cromwell were probably rush produced to equip enough units prior to operation Overlord and that may have resulted in a mixture of models being fielded within the same unit. So im happy enough to relent on that one dude. There is some variation going on from what I can see without having Fletchers book. But he is the British armour expert without a doubt and has more face to face contact with the source material than I 😉
It looks an improvement on the resin Cromwell I have. Not that the resin model was bad (as long as you don’t mind a bit of filling) but there are a few more separate details and a few extras like the cover for the exhaust, hedge cutters and so on. Goodonyer Warlord/Italeri.
It is an engaging looking vehicle, rather quaint in some ways. Nice kit and interesting unboxing with the historical bits interspersed along the way.
Another great video Guy’s keep them coming.
Do you guys have a rough idea of when you will be doing Tank Week?
and thanks for the Bolt Action tank unboxings.
Very nice video, is there any chance you guys are going to cover more of the 15mm plastic tanks from PSC and FoW? I know you have done a few of them but would love to hear more of John’s thoughts about them 🙂
I have enjoyed these unboxings a lot. I would really like to see a similar unboxing for one of the new 1/56th scale tanks from rubicon models too that the plastic soldier company are selling now. I have the panzer iv and it seems pretty good but I don’t yet have one of these new warlord ones to compare too it. I would also love a to see some how to paint videos for these and other tanks.
keep up the good work.
Ask and you shall receive, eventually 😉
A nice but older looking tank looks amazing painted up.
Great video guys. I’ve enjoyed this whole series with John and Justin, and I don’t even play Bolt Action.
The Cullin cutter was only known to be fitted on one Cromwell , but the picture of that tank testing it has been published everywhere for years . In fact Tamiya gives you that bogus option in both their 1/48 and 1/35 scale Cromwell models . Better to kitbash it to fit one of your Shermans . Don’t be too fussy on making it pretty , photos of the real thing show lots of torch cuts and crappy welding . To bad the loaders hatch isn’t molded open like the rest , have to see if I can open it up .Anyone know of any decent British tank crew figures in 1/56 ?
Thank you, John, for these three videos. Nothing gets you hobby sense tingling like hearing a man “wax lyrical” on the subject he’s passionate about.
Thank you for enjoying them! It means a lot to me to be able to entertain and throw around some factual stuff too. I am totally a historical gamer for sure! 😛
In my opinion it is one of the nicest looking tanks.
Sweet series you guys make. Could cope with a lot more from you guys. i do not play bolt action, but wouldn’t mind building a couple of tanks like these, just because I love tanks.
Great set of unboxing videos, guys; I’ve loved every one of them. Can’t wait to see more in the future.
When I grow up, I want to play WWII games like Bolt Action, now 🙂
Thanks for videos guys – one of most desired by me!
another great vid guys, really make me want to start playing bolt action. I’d love to see a show with justin and john about bolt action like warren has with flames of war.
the British Cromwell tank was always my favorite tank I’m glad you guys did this video