Centurion tank

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The Centurion tank is a British post–World War II main battle tank renowned for its heavy armor, powerful gun, and long service life with numerous armies worldwide.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armoured fighting vehicle ⓘ
main battle tank ⓘ
armorType rolled homogeneous armour ⓘ
category British tanks of the Cold War ⓘ
World War II tank designs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 4 ⓘ
crewRole commander ⓘ
driver ⓘ
gunner ⓘ
loader ⓘ
designer A. G. Maitland-Wilson ⓘ
developedFrom Cruiser tank lineage ⓘ
enginePower about 650 hp ⓘ
engineType Rolls-Royce Meteor petrol engine ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
firstProductionYear 1945 ⓘ
influenceOn later Western main battle tank designs ⓘ
introducedInConflict post–World War II era ⓘ
manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 35 km/h ⓘ
notableFeature heavy armour for its era ⓘ
long service life ⓘ
powerful main gun ⓘ
notableVariant Centurion Mk 10 ⓘ
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Centurion Mk 3 ⓘ
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Centurion Mk 5 ⓘ
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Centurion Mk 7 ⓘ
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Olifant (South African upgraded Centurion) ⓘ
Sho't (Israeli upgraded Centurion) ⓘ
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numberBuilt over 4400 ⓘ
operator Australian Army ⓘ
Canadian Army ⓘ
Danish Army ⓘ
Dutch Army ⓘ
Egyptian Army ⓘ
Indian Army ⓘ
Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
Royal Jordanian Army ⓘ
South African Army ⓘ
Swedish Army ⓘ
Swiss Army ⓘ
preservedAt Bovington Tank Museum ⓘ
primaryArmament 105 mm L7 gun (later upgrades) ⓘ
17-pounder 76.2 mm gun (early marks) ⓘ
20-pounder 83.4 mm gun (later marks) ⓘ
primaryUser British Army ⓘ
productionPeriod 1945–1962 ⓘ
role universal tank ⓘ
secondaryArmament coaxial machine gun ⓘ
hull-mounted machine gun ⓘ
serviceEntry 1946 ⓘ
status retired from frontline service in most countries ⓘ
successor Chieftain tank ⓘ
suspension Horstmann suspension ⓘ
usedAsBasisFor armoured engineer vehicle variants ⓘ
armoured recovery vehicle variants ⓘ
self-propelled anti-aircraft variants ⓘ
self-propelled gun variants ⓘ
usedInConflict Gulf War ⓘ
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 ⓘ
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ
Six-Day War ⓘ
South African Border War ⓘ
Suez Crisis ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
Yom Kippur War ⓘ
weight about 51 tonnes ⓘ

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Operation Motorman → usedEquipment → Centurion armoured vehicles ⓘ
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105 mm Royal Ordnance L7 → usedOn → Centurion tank ⓘ
Churchill tank → successor → Centurion tank ⓘ
subject linked to: Churchill tanks
Olifant main battle tank → basedOn → Centurion tank ⓘ
Olifant main battle tank → derivativeOf → British Centurion tank ⓘ
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Olifant main battle tank → modernizationOf → Centurion tank fleet of South Africa ⓘ
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Chieftain main battle tank → replaced → Centurion tank ⓘ
Centurion tank → notableVariant → Centurion Mk 3 ⓘ
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Centurion tank → notableVariant → Centurion Mk 5 ⓘ
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Centurion tank → notableVariant → Centurion Mk 7 ⓘ
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Centurion tank → notableVariant → Centurion Mk 10 ⓘ
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Centurion tank → notableVariant → Sho't (Israeli upgraded Centurion) ⓘ
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Battle of Basantar → equipmentUsedIndia → Centurion tanks ⓘ
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Battle of Asal Uttar → IndianEquipmentUsed → Centurion tanks ⓘ
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The Tank Museum, Bovington → hasExhibit → Centurion tank ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Meteor → usedInVehicle → Centurion tank ⓘ
Comet tank → influenced → Centurion tank ⓘ