The Centurion was the primary British Army main battle tank of the post-World War II period. Introduced in 1945, it is widely considered to be one of...
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is the primary main battle tank of South Africa. It was developed from the British Centurion tank since 1976. These tanks were heavily redesigned and...
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Royal Ordnance L7 (redirect from L7 (tank gun))
mounted on the British Centurion tank. The successful L7 gun has been fitted on many armoured vehicles, including the Centurion (starting from the Mk....
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IS-3 heavy tank. The Conqueror's main armament, an L1 120 mm gun, was larger than the 20-pounder (83.4 mm) gun carried by its peer, the Centurion. The Conqueror's...
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had 293 Centurion tanks that were ready for combat out of a total of 385 tanks. During the war, Israel captured 30 of Jordan's 44 Centurion tanks. Original...
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new tank. The General Staff specification drew on the experience of Centurion tanks in the Korean War as well as that of the Conqueror tank. The tank was...
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Sho't (redirect from Shot (tank))
modified Centurion tank, which entered Israeli service in the 1960's. Sho't Meteors are made up of Mark 3, Mark 5, and Mark 8 Centurion tanks with the...
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tanks, including the Panther and Tiger. The Comet rendered the Cruiser Mk VIII Challenger obsolete, and led to the development of the Centurion tank....
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Stridsvagn 103 (redirect from S-Tank)
they also approached the United Kingdom about purchasing the Centurion tank. The Centurion included a gun stabilizer, much better mobility, and a number...
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in late 1944. The Centurion tank of 1946 became the "Universal tank" of the United Kingdom, transcending the cruiser and infantry tank roles and becoming...
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MBT Centurion tank MK.V2 with 105 mm L7A1 gun (50 in one Brigade, 40 in the other. All with 105 mm gun) 36 Centurion tank MK.V with 84 mm gun (4 tank Squadrons...
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retrieved 2008-07-03[unreliable source?] "Centurion (A41) – Main Battle Tank – History, Specs and Pictures – Military Tanks, Vehicles and Artillery". Archived...
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1963, when they were replaced by a vehicle based on the Centurion tank. A single M3A5 Grant tank was converted into a BARV in 1950 by the Australian Army...
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needed] British tank design would go through another stage, the Comet cruiser, before developing the Centurion tank. The Cromwell tank entered front-line...
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FV4202 (category Main battle tanks of the United Kingdom)
The Tank Medium No. 2 Experimental Vehicle FV4202 also known as the 40-ton Centurion was a technology test bed developed by British company Leyland Motors...
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the first to use Centurion tanks in regular service. In 1960, under the command of Hugo Ironside, it amalgamated with 8th Royal Tank Regiment without...
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the Centurion was the primary British tank of the post-Second World War period. Development of the tank began in 1943 and manufacture of the Centurion, began...
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tank support. During the 1950s the Army standardised on the British Centurion tank, which saw action in Vietnam and remained in service until it was replaced...
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The Centurion ARV Mk II, was a British armoured recovery vehicle based on the Centurion main battle tank. The Centurion Mk II ARV consisted of a basic...
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the Cromwell tank. Production of Centurion Mk 3 was slower than production of 20-pounder guns, while the larger-gunned Conqueror heavy tank was still under...
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Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers (category Tanks of the United Kingdom)
"FV4007 Centurion - Tanks Encyclopedia". www.tanks-encyclopedia.com. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2017. Chieftain Main Battle Tank 1965-2003;...
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Sherman, M26 Pershing, M46 Patton, and British Cromwell Churchill and Centurion tanks that proved effective against North Korean armor, reversing the situation...
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be built in large numbers. The classic main battle tanks of the 1950s were the British Centurion, the Soviet T-55 series, and the US M46 through the...
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vehicles based on Centurion tank FV4001: Mine clearer FV4002: Centurion Bridgelayer FV4003: Centurion AVRE FV4004: Conway SPG based on a Centurion Mark III hull...
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aka Centurions Centurion (tank), a British battle tank HMS Centurion, the name of several ships and a shore base of the British Royal Navy Centurion C-RAM...
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Arab-Israeli and the 1973 Yom Kippur wars. "Israeli "Pereh" tank officially revealed. – Tank and AFV News". 17 July 2015. Archived from the original on...
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Armoured recovery vehicle (redirect from Armoured recovery tank)
to stuck vehicles. Centurion tank. M25 Tank Transporter- Tractor unit could serve a dual purpose as a recovery vehicle. M31 Tank Recovery Vehicle - based...
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Ordnance QF 20-pounder (category Tank guns of the United Kingdom)
307 inch) tank gun. It was introduced in 1948 and used in the Centurion main battle tank, Charioteer medium tank, and Caernarvon Mark II heavy tank. After...
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The history and development of tanks in the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps can be broken down into smaller categories: their origin during World War I;...
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