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1946 - Great Britain Centurion MBT Mk3-Mk5

Armament: 1 - 105mm gun L7
1 - 12.7mm MG (ranging)
1 - 7.62mm coaxial MG
1 - 7.62mm AA MG
Power train: Rolls Royce, Mk IVB 27L Meteor, V-12, petrol,
650 hp, coupled to Z51R manual transmission,
5 speeds forward/2 reverse
Speed: 21.5mph
Range: 118 miles
Crew: 4
Weight 57 tons

Developed at end of WWII. Produced until 1962 with a total of 4,423 completed. At least 13 variants built. First examples had 17pdr main gun (76.2mm) followed by 20 pdr (83.8mm) and finally the famous L7 105mm. Served in Vietnam with the Australians and remained in service with them until 1977. Also served in Falklands conflict (tank retriever) and in Africa and Israel. Excellent capacity for upgrading. Many specialty vehicles built on this chassis.




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VARIANTS OF THE SERIES


A41 [20mm] - Centurion prototype with coaxial Polsten cannon
A41 [Besa] - Centurion prototype with coaxial BESA MG
40ton Centurion - Used to develop various concepts subsequently used in Chieftain
Centurion [Low Profile] - Variant with Teledyne Low-profile Turret
Centurion [MMWR Target] - Cobbled together radar target tank.
Centurion Marksman - Fitted with Marksman air defence turret
Centurion Ark - Assault Gap Crossing Equipment
Centurion ARV Mk I - Armoured Recovery vehicle
Centurion ARV Mk II - Armoured Recovery Vehicle with superstructure
Centurion AVLB - Dutch armored vehicle laying bridge
Centurion AVRE 105 - Combat Engineer Version armed with 105mm gun
Centurion AVRE 165 - Combat Engineer Version armed with 165mm gun
Centurion BARV - Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle
Centurion Bridgelayer - Class 80 bridgelayer
Centurion Mk 1 - 17pdr armed version
Centurion Mk 2 - Fully cast turret
Centurion Mk 3 - Fitted with 20pdr, 2 stowage positions for track links on glacis
Centurion Mk 4 - Projected close-support version with 95mm CS howitzer
Centurion Mk 5 - Browning MGs fitted to coax and commanders cupola, stowage bin on glacis
Centurion Mk 5/1 aka FV4011 - Increased glacis armour
Centurion Mk 5/2 - Upgunned to 105mm
Centurion Mk 6 - Upgunned and uparmoured Mk 5
Centurion Mk 6/1 - Mk 6 fitted with IR equipment
Centurion Mk 6/2 - Mk 6/1 fitted with ranging gun
Centurion Mk 7 aka FV4007 - Revised engine decks
Centurion Mk 7/1 aka FV4012 - Uparmoured Mk 7
Centurion Mk 7/2 - Upgunned Mk 7
Centurion Mk 8 - Resilient mantlet and new commanders cupola
Centurion Mk 8/1 - Uparmoured Mk 8
Centurion Mk 8/2 - Upgunned Mk 8
Centurion Mk 9 aka FV4015 - Upgunned and uparmoured Mk 7
Centurion Mk 9/1 - Mk 9 with IR equipment
Centurion Mk 9/2 - Mk 9 with ranging gun fitted
Centurion Mk 10 aka FV4017 - Upgunned and uparmoured Mk 8
Centurion Mk 10/1 - Mk 10 with IR equipment
Centurion Mk 10/2 - Mk 10 with ranging gun fitted
Centurion Mk 11 - Mk 6 fitted with IR equipment and ranging gun
Centurion Mk 12 - Mk 9 fitted with IR equipment and ranging gun
Centurion Mk 13 - Mk 10 fitted with IR equipment and ranging gun
FV4010 aka Heavy Tank Destroyer G.W. Carrier - Malkara atgm launcher vehicle
Olifant - Upgraded South African centurion mbt
Olifant 1b - Turret upgrade for Olifant 1
Olifant 2 - Upgraded South African Olifant mbt
Panzer 55 - Centurion Mk 5 in Swiss Army service
Panzerz 57 - Centurion Mk 7 in Swiss Army service
Panzer 57/60 - Upgraded Panzer 55 or 57
Sho't - Series of Israeli modified centurions.
Stridsvagn - Series of Swedish Army versions
Tariq - Centurion rebuilt to Jordanian Army standards
Tariq AB9C4 - Tariq fitted with crew-in-hull type turret and 120mm gun
Temsah [APC] - Jordanian Tariq rebuilt as heavy apc
Temsah [IFV] - Jordanian Tariq rebuilt as heavy ifv

Australia, India, Israel, Jordan, South Africa