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After the battle, more Centurions landed into Vietnam, with a total of 58 Centurions in the country at once in the span of three and a half years. In this time period, 42 suffered damages, two were written off, and two crewmen were killed in action. The Centurions also made up the bulk of India's tank forces, to which they used against Pakistan in the conflicts that occur in and In the middle east, the Centurions were supplied to Israel and Jordan in the s. Both countries used the Centurions against each other in the war. Sometime in early s, the Centurions on both side were upgraded with the mm L7 gun. While the Centurion still see use in Jordan today, the Centurions in Israel were retired in the s, only staying as armour personnel carriers and armour recovery vehicles. Three were lost in training incidents with no deaths among the crew. The Centurions in South Africa were retained and upgraded due to their superiority over anything their neighbors had at the time, with a focus on the upgrade to the mm gun and belly armour to protect itself against mines. Sweden bought the Centurions in an attempt to standardize their tank forces as it was the most cost-effective method, plus the Centurions have a huge upgrade potential to counter future threats. The British offered to sell the Centurion in late , to which 80 were ordered by Sweden. The first deliveries were made in April , followed by more orders and more deliveries until about Centurion tanks ranging from Mk. The Swedish military used the Centurions until s, modernizing the tanks with upgrades in equipment and internal mechanics. They replaced the Centurions with Leopard 2s. An excellent addition to the article will be video guides, as well as screenshots from the game and photos. Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example,. Navigation menu Store Support Personal tools Log in. Namespaces Page Discussion. Views Read View source View history. Vehicles Aviation Ground vehicles Fleet. Navigation Recent changes Random page Help. From War Thunder Wiki. Jump to: navigation , search. Medium tank. I cannon Main weapon. A new engine with more power was introduced as was a new improved gunsight. Production of the improved Mk IIIs commenced in and replaced all previous production marks in the field. The Centurion Receives the L7 mm Main Gun While the new 84mm main gun proved a substantial upgrade to the original The Royal Ordnance Factory completed work on the all-new, revolutionary mm L7 rifled main gun which promised improved firepower through better penetration values than all other preceding British tank guns. The mm gun system was then quick to replace the 84mm in future Centurion production examples. In all, thirteen major Centurion marks would ultimately exist. Centurion Variants Centurion Mk I marked the early pounder armed tanks based on the ton prototype. The Mk II was fielded with its fully-cast turret. The Mk III was first given the newer 84mm main gun but this later gave way to the even newer mm L7 gun with gun stabilization and new sights. The Mk IV existed as a proposed close-support model fitting a 95mm CS howitzer cannon but never entered serial production. Stowage bins along the glacis plate were also introduced with this mark. One was a typical 7. The Mk 6 was an uparmored version of the Mk 5 with the mm L7 main gun in place. The Mk 7 saw its engine compartment rood redesigned. The Mk 8 was given a new mantlet and revised commander's cupola. The Mk 9 was an uparmored Mk 7 with the mm L7 main gun. The Mk 10 was an uparmored Mk 8 with the mm L7 main gun. The Mk 11 was an Mk 6 model with the ranging gun and infrared equipment. Similarly, the Mk 12 was an Mk 9 model with the ranging gun and infrared support. The Mk 13 was an Mk 10 with the ranging gun and infrared support. Other British Army variants further expanded the Centurion family line. First versions appeared in , this as the Semel with a hp engine. The primary versions then became the Olifant Mk I of with a horsepower engine , the Olifant Mk 1A of laser-rangefinder and image-intensifier , the Olifant Mk 1B of with torsion bar suspension, longer hull, improved armor, digital fire contol, laser rangefinder and horsepower engine and the Olifant Mk 2 new turret and fire control system, mm or mm main gun as needed. To date, the Olifant is still considered the most advanced combat tank on the African continent - and few could argue that. South African weapons engineers had made a habit of modernizing existing systems into more potent forms - even in the face of imposed sanctions on weapons and technology. The Nagmashot, Nagmachon and Nakpadon were armored personnel carrier conversions of the base main battle tanks. The Puma designated combat engineering vehicles while the Eshel ha-Yarden was a proposed Centurion development fitting 4 x mm launch tubes for battlefield rockets. Swedish Centurions The Swedish Army operated the Centurion under its own in-house designations as the Stridsvagen 81, , R, , R, , and The Bargningsbandvagn 81 was the armored recovery vehicle. British allies were quick to take the excellent postwar tank into their inventories and the tank - once in action - did not disappoint. The British Army themselves fielded their Centurions for the first time in the Korean War in support of UN actions against the communist North Korean invasion into the South and against subsequent Chinese involvement in the theater. While the air war was of particular historical note - it featured the first aerial combat between jet fighters - the war would still be hard fought on the ground across unforgiving terrain and environments. Three Centurion squadrons arrived at Pusan and were forced to operate in the Korean temperature extremes - particularly the cold, frozen winters that created havoc on most any mechanical device. At least five Centurion tanks were lost in the retreat of friendly forces during the Battle of Imjin River but the tanks proved critical in providing cover for friendlies. By the time the UN had recovered from the North's invasion and pushed back across the 38th Parallel, the Centurion was put up against the Chinese who had become involved on the side of the beaten North. In either case, the Centurion left a positive and lasting impression of her first true combat involvement and made a name for herself for decades to come as a proven, go-anywhere main battle tank system in the new age of modern warfare. After their American-made Ms failed to do much in the thick Vietnamese jungles, the Australian government committed their powerful Centurion tanks into the fray. Centurion tanks with their 84mm main guns arrived in the region in February of The tank has seen action all over the globe, whether as part of the British Army or among the armored units of its allies. The Centurion lived up to its reputation. The performance of the tank during this Battle confirmed the status of the Centurion within the British Army. After Korea, Centurions were dispatched to Vietnam, as part of the Australian contingent of forces. The tank was quickly adapted to harsh jungle conditions and reportedly served well alongside Australian infantry in their fight against the North Vietnamese Army. Lancashire Online - The Centurion Tank - Landmarks around Leyland

Maximum armor thickness was 6 inches on the turret front and 4. The L7A2 main gun had an effective range of 1, yards when using armor- piercing, discarding sabot rounds and 4, yards when using high-explosive squash head rounds. Trained crews could fire up to eight rounds per minute. The main gun was aimed using a coaxially mounted. The gunner watched the tracer rounds through a periscope gun sight and set the range on a drum device linked to the main gun. Two 7. Later variations of the Centurion had 12 smoke dischargers, six mounted on either side of the turret. Five other vehicles based on the Centurion have also been built. The Centurion Main Battle Tank was the most heavily armed tank of its category in the immediate postwar years. It was used successfully by the British and also sold to other countries. Find specifications for the Centurion Main Battle Tank below. Armament: One mm L7A2 main gun; two 7. See more tank pictures. Army Works How the U. Marines Work. Centurion Main Battle Tank Equipment. Thirteen nations have purchased the British Centurion. The Mk 6 was an uparmored version of the Mk 5 with the mm L7 main gun in place. The Mk 7 saw its engine compartment rood redesigned. The Mk 8 was given a new mantlet and revised commander's cupola. The Mk 9 was an uparmored Mk 7 with the mm L7 main gun. The Mk 10 was an uparmored Mk 8 with the mm L7 main gun. The Mk 11 was an Mk 6 model with the ranging gun and infrared equipment. Similarly, the Mk 12 was an Mk 9 model with the ranging gun and infrared support. The Mk 13 was an Mk 10 with the ranging gun and infrared support. Other British Army variants further expanded the Centurion family line. First versions appeared in , this as the Semel with a hp engine. The primary versions then became the Olifant Mk I of with a horsepower engine , the Olifant Mk 1A of laser-rangefinder and image-intensifier , the Olifant Mk 1B of with torsion bar suspension, longer hull, improved armor, digital fire contol, laser rangefinder and horsepower engine and the Olifant Mk 2 new turret and fire control system, mm or mm main gun as needed. To date, the Olifant is still considered the most advanced combat tank on the African continent - and few could argue that. South African weapons engineers had made a habit of modernizing existing systems into more potent forms - even in the face of imposed sanctions on weapons and technology. The Nagmashot, Nagmachon and Nakpadon were armored personnel carrier conversions of the base main battle tanks. The Puma designated combat engineering vehicles while the Eshel ha-Yarden was a proposed Centurion development fitting 4 x mm launch tubes for battlefield rockets. Swedish Centurions The Swedish Army operated the Centurion under its own in-house designations as the Stridsvagen 81, , R, , R, , and The Bargningsbandvagn 81 was the armored recovery vehicle. British allies were quick to take the excellent post-war tank into their inventories and the tank - once in action - did not disappoint. The British Army themselves fielded their Centurions for the first time in the Korean War in support of UN actions against the communist North Korean invasion into the South and against subsequent Chinese involvement in the theater. While the air war was of particular historical note - it featured the first aerial combat between jet fighters - the war would still be hard fought on the ground across unforgiving terrain and environments. Three Centurion squadrons arrived at Pusan and were forced to operate in the Korean temperature extremes - particularly the cold, frozen winters that created havoc on most any mechanical device. At least five Centurion tanks were lost in the retreat of friendly forces during the Battle of Imjin River but the tanks proved critical in providing cover for friendlies. By the time the UN had recovered from the North's invasion and pushed back across the 38th Parallel, the Centurion was put up against the Chinese who had become involved on the side of the beaten North. In either case, the Centurion left a positive and lasting impression of her first true combat involvement and made a name for herself for decades to come as a proven, go-anywhere main battle tank system in the new age of modern warfare. After their American-made Ms failed to do much in the thick Vietnamese jungles, the Australian government committed their powerful Centurion tanks into the fray. Centurion tanks with their 84mm main guns arrived in the region in February of After some practice, the side armor skirts were removed to prevent the buildup of torn vegetation and mud on the tank tires. External fuel stores were also added to help increase cross-country operational distances. Success found Centurion crews once more as Australian combined actions with supporting infantry netted at least enemy deaths as well as the capture of hundreds of enemy weapons while covering firebase Coral and Balmoral. In all, some 58 total Centurion tanks participated in the counter-communist actions during the conflict. Similarly, Jordan was fielding the British Centurion tank against Israel in same conflict but lost 30 of these out of 44 to the IDF during combat - further increasing the Centurion count in the IDF inventory. The Sho't was forced back into action at the beginning of the Yom Kippur War of Despite facing a Syrian armored force numbering some tanks made up primarily of Soviet T and T systems , less than Sho't tanks succeeded in turning the tables on the Arabs once again, this through superior tactics and training and forever solidifying the expertise of the Israelis in modern mechanized ground warfare. The Israeli Army also took the design a step further and modified Centurion hulls to become specialized armored personnel carriers which served actively as recently as Austria set their outdated Centurions as defensive fixed gun emplacements. In Swiss Army service, the tank was eventually given up for good for the newer German Leopard 2 series. In British Army service, the Centurion eventually gave way to the aforementioned Chieftain main battle tank. Centurion Production Production of all Centurion marks ended by to which some 4, example had been delivered. Its armor ranged from 52 to mm, housing four crew members. The Centurion holds the record of being the longest-serving tank in British history, which puts it among the longest serving tanks ever. The tank has seen action all over the globe, whether as part of the British Army or among the armored units of its allies. The Centurion lived up to its reputation. The performance of the tank during this Battle confirmed the status of the Centurion within the British Army. Centurion (tank) - Wikipedia

The next shots should again disable the gun of the enemy, now finish your prey by shooting all crew members or if you feel lucky shoot an ammo rack. The best choice to pierce enemy tanks is obviously the Shot Mk. The Shot Mk. The amazing penetration characteristics of this APDS shot enables this gun to pierce front plates of all Panther models apart from the Panther II to ranges up to m. Ts and Panther IIs front plates can be penetrated to ranges up to almost m. The tank's concept was made in when the Directorate of Tank Design, under Sir Claude Gibb, was asked to produce a new heavy cruiser tank for the General Staff under the designation A41 , which was to become the standard of a British "Universal Tank" to replace the separated "infantry" and "cruiser" tanks currently used. As World War II progressed and the Germans unveiled their heavier tanks with an 88 mm cannon like the Tiger , War Office made a revision to their design requirements to counter this threat. The requirements now include an increased durability and reliability, with the ability to protect itself against the 88 mm gun and mines, an agility similar to the Comet tank and with good reverse speed, all while staying under a 40 ton weight. Responding to these requirements, the department developed a larger hulls by adapting the suspension on the Comet, lengthening with another road wheel and spacing between the wheels. The standard Christie suspension used on the previous cruiser tanks was replaced by the Horstmann suspension, which uses coil springs on two- wheel bogies on each side and is proven to be easier to maintain than the Christie suspension. The hull used a welded and sloped armour with a cast turret mounting the famous pounder cannon. The speed of the tank would be established by using the Rolls Meteor engine previously used on the Comet and Cromwell. Despite these changes, the department concluded that the weight restriction would not allow the tank design to withstand the 88 mm rounds. The weight restriction was done so the tank would be able to be carried around in the Mk. I and Mk. II transport trailers, which had a ton load. This restriction was rescinded to allow more freedom in the tank design, which showed potential to War Ministry. The heavier tank designs developed had armour equivalent to the heaviest infantry tanks like the Churchill tank , yet with superior cross-country mobility due to improved suspension and engines. The tank was given the name Centurion and the first mock-ups of the design was made by AEC and was presented in May After that, 20 pilot models were ordered with a various armament combinations. Ten had a pounder and a 20 mm Polsten gun 5 with a machine gun in turret rear, 5 with an escape door instead , five had a pounder and a BESA machine gun and an escape door, five more with the 77 mm HV gun with a driver operated hull machine gun. The prototypes of the ton design, the Mk. Added with a mm thick turret armour, the Centurion became a very protected tank design, yet it was also very agile, outperforming the Comet tank in tests. The next Centurion model, Mk. Production began for the Centurion Mk. The Mk. After the Centurion Mk. With this, the Centurion went through another upgrade to mount the pounder. The new upgrade, now the Centurion Mk 3 , also featured an automatic stabilization system that improved firing accuracy while on the move. The tank was first produced in and overtook the previous Mk. However, the pounder also did not stay in service for long and were replaced by the more powerful mm L7 gun from Royal Ordnance Factories. Steps such as parking the tank on straw, starting the engine every half-hour, and keeping the gear engaged has to be done to keep the tank from becoming frozen in place. The Centurions made a great impact in the battlefield, covering the withdrawal of the 29th Brigade. In , the Centurion saw part in the battle of the Hook in the 1st Royal Tank Regiment, repelling the swarming Chinese infantry. After the Korean War, the Centurions saw service again during the Vietnam War in the Royal Australian Armoured Corps after complaints were made on the thin armour of their armoured vehicles. The Centurions landed on 28 February The use of the Centurions by the 1st Australian Task Force helped them in the Battle of Coral-Balmoral that caused massive casualties in two infantry regiments among the enemy with no known tank losses. After the battle, more Centurions landed into Vietnam, with a total of 58 Centurions in the country at once in the span of three and a half years. The original. We grow the majority of our own stock. Therefore, we can offer. Every Generation Hair Team is a contemporary modern salon in the centre of Leyland. In fact, we have over thirty seven years of salon excellence. Skip to content. The Centurion Tank. If you are an independent business, based in Lancashire, we would love to hear from you! Type your search.

Centurion (A41) Main Battle Tank (MBT)

They wanted a fast tank that, even though heavily armored, would perform well in cross-country travel. Prototypes of the new tank, known as the A, were built and sent to Germany in , but the war ended before they saw combat. At first the Centurion, as the new tank was named, did not represent much, if any improvement over medium tanks then available. In fact, it compared well with the Nazi German Panzerkampfwagen V Panther , which had entered service two years earlier. The Centurion Main Battle Tank weighed It was equipped with a pounder The Panther D was armed with a 75mm gun with a muzzle velocity of 3, feet per second. Even the next-generation Centurion seemed a shadow of the Panther. The up-rated Panther, which had design work completed but never entered production, was to be equipped with the 88mm gun used on the Tiger II. Both guns had muzzle velocities very close to 3, feet per second. Even so, the Centurion 3 Main Battle Tank was the most heavily armed tank of its category in the immediate postwar years. But strangely enough, neither the tank's design nor even its gun design, was responsible for this. The Centurion 3 fired a new round that used a narrow diameter, finned, solid steel spike, or arrow, that was wrapped in a light metal jacket to give it the same diameter as the bore. This new round was called an armor-piercing, discarding sabot APDS round, and it left the muzzle of the 20 pounder at 4, feet per second. It could penetrate twice as much armor as the 88mm gun. The Centurion 3 Main Battle Tank was a commercial, as well as a military, success. The Centurion was perhaps the first tank to face itself in a shooting war. Skip to content. The Centurion Tank. If you are an independent business, based in Lancashire, we would love to hear from you! Type your search. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. The Centurions landed on 28 February The use of the Centurions by the 1st Australian Task Force helped them in the Battle of Coral-Balmoral that caused massive casualties in two infantry regiments among the enemy with no known tank losses. After the battle, more Centurions landed into Vietnam, with a total of 58 Centurions in the country at once in the span of three and a half years. In this time period, 42 suffered damages, two were written off, and two crewmen were killed in action. The Centurions also made up the bulk of India's tank forces, to which they used against Pakistan in the conflicts that occur in and In the middle east, the Centurions were supplied to Israel and Jordan in the s. Both countries used the Centurions against each other in the war. Sometime in early s, the Centurions on both side were upgraded with the mm L7 gun. While the Centurion still see use in Jordan today, the Centurions in Israel were retired in the s, only staying as armour personnel carriers and armour recovery vehicles. Three were lost in training incidents with no deaths among the crew. The Centurions in South Africa were retained and upgraded due to their superiority over anything their neighbors had at the time, with a focus on the upgrade to the mm gun and belly armour to protect itself against mines. Sweden bought the Centurions in an attempt to standardize their tank forces as it was the most cost-effective method, plus the Centurions have a huge upgrade potential to counter future threats. The British offered to sell the Centurion in late , to which 80 were ordered by Sweden. The first deliveries were made in April , followed by more orders and more deliveries until about Centurion tanks ranging from Mk. The Swedish military used the Centurions until s, modernizing the tanks with upgrades in equipment and internal mechanics. They replaced the Centurions with Leopard 2s. An excellent addition to the article will be video guides, as well as screenshots from the game and photos. Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example,. Navigation menu Store Support Personal tools Log in. Namespaces Page Discussion. Views Read View source View history. Vehicles Aviation Ground vehicles Fleet. Navigation Recent changes Random page Help. From War Thunder Wiki. Jump to: navigation , search.

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