• Soon after the Centurion's introduction, Royal Ordnance finished work on the 84 mm calibre Ordnance QF 20 pounder tank gun.
  • Centurion. Çeşidi. Ana Muharebe Tankı. ... Ana silahı. QF 17pdr QF 20 pdr 105mm Royal Orndnance L7 yivli tank topu. Diğer silahları. Browning M2.
  • The Centurion, introduced in 1945, was the primary British main battle tank of the post-World War II period and the Cold War.
  • (1961) - Centurion Mk V with a dozer blade identical to that of the Centurion AVRE. One such tank was usually given to every Centurion-equipped squadron.
  • The Centurion tank used a Rover-built Rolls-Royce Meteor engine, just like the Comet and Cromwell, which enabled it to achieve a speed of 22 mph (35 km/h).
  • The Centurion Medium Tank has served on nearly every continent in the world and was the post war tank of choice in NATO prior to Leopard 1.
  • The Centurion started its development mid-way through WW2. British tank doctrine of the inter-war years had led to a bifurcated fleet of Cruiser and Infantry tanks...
  • It was the last Centurion gun tank to fire in British Army Service. The Tank Museum also has a Mark 12 and various specialist variants and prototypes.
  • The development of the Centurion Main Battle Tank began in 1943 when the British Army asked for a new cruiser tank equipped with at least a 17-pounder gun.